It is true Putin didn’t take overt action during the trump administration. Why would he when trump believed him over his own security agencies. And Putin didn’t want to distract trump from trying to destroy democracy from within.
On the other hand, maybe he missed his best opportunity by not attacking when trump was prez.
Yes, the big red button thing. But then they fell in love and trump received many letters full of glowing praise from Kim, and trump gave him legitimacy on the world stage and cancelled war games NK felt threatened by.
Hey, what's your take on this?
I just read an Australian blog (they, too are anti-Putin, not the renard-russe type)
which claims that Western Intel interferences in Donbass and Kazachstan, to stir and magnify the already existing unrest
are the straw that broke Putin's back.
on top of Nato cornering of Russia on so many fronts (Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, potentially Ukraine)
Putin's invasion of Ukraine Was undoubtly imperialistic and unlawful/ genocidal towards Ukrainians
but the above highlighted,
but those didn't help.