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by roydivision 1352 days ago
“The Russian president sees the world through the lens of maskirovka and provokatsiia.” [1]

Putin is a master of distraction and confusion, skills that he learned earlier in his career.

I’m not saying that he definitely orchestrated the explosions, but his methods are often opaque, and not immediately rational.

[1] https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/02/putin-ukra...