You know, when I say anything good about Putin, people say, "would you want him as your leader"? I say FUCK NO. But Canada is a very different nation. And even when we have leaders like JT there as so many that call him weak and long for a dictator. In my view Putin is the right man for THAT job. He is a very tough and extremely intelligent person. BUT, just as the US is clueless about how to negotiate with him, he is equally clueless about how to negotiate with the USA. When Trump was President, he has someone who would at least listen, but when Trump got pilloried over just the POSSIBILITY of non-hostile relations with Russia, he realized that Russia and the West can never have more then peaceful co-existence. There is just too much cultural hatred and suspicion of Russia. So with no incentive to play ball with the West, here we are.