The Russian people are wonderful, I know many. The last two centuries have trained them to be fatalistic. They are the ones who have to stop Putin and we can all pray they get up the courage to do it. We are held hostage by mutually assured destruction although watching the performance of the Russian military you have to wonder if Putin can still even get an erection.
Chakster will probably be allowed back in in time and he'll tell us what the Russian public thinks of this mess.