According to a Russian political scholar and analyst, Russian President Putin has "awakened a dark nationalism" that he has become increasingly dependent on.
The founder of the political analysis firm R.Politik wrote that Putin is more afraid of pro-war protests and has to take into account the eagerness of many Russians to see the destruction of Ukrainian Nazis.
Since the beginning of the Ukrainian war, Putin has claimed that Russia's invasion is meant to demilitarize the country.
Putin has awakened a dark nationalism that he is more and more dependent on.
According to Foreign Policy, she said that the Russian public's penchant for nationalism could eventually prompt Putin to escalate matters.
The world will have to deal with Russia being problematic for the West regardless of what happens to Putin.
The West's belief that Putin is worried about anti-war sentiment is one of many misguided assumptions that Stanovaya sought to correct in her piece.
Stanovaya wrote that the West is incorrect to think that Putin has been rid of his inner circle for their failures in the war in Ukraine. She said that the rumors of Putin's top officers being arrested have not come from verified sources and that she was skeptical of them.
It's not Putin's style to purge his inner circle unless serious crimes have been committed.
She wrote that Putin was not losing the war in his eyes. He is happy to wait until the Ukrainians concede that Russia is here forever.
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