Vladimir Putin's regime has begun to " He believes that preparations for the struggle for power have already begun in Moscow..

In particular, the American historian noted some signs that the Russian autocrat is " Among them are statements by some Russian officials, such as Dmitry Medvedev, about the consequences allegedly awaiting Ukraine and the West.. Newsweek writes about it.

Medvedev is a staunch ally of Putin, who once briefly replaced him as president. He recently said that a Western response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine could lead to the Ukrainian state “losing the remnants of sovereignty and disappearing from the map of the world.”.

“Typically, news coverage of such statements focuses on the content. It is very easy to succumb to Russian propaganda of fear. But the real story is that people around Putin now feel they are allowed to make such statements.. Before the war, there was less of this,” Snyder said..

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“If Russia is defeated in the war, people who are now saying radical things will thereby protect themselves. For my part, I tend to see tough language as proof that powerful Russians see Russia losing,” Snyder said..

“I don’t think that Medvedev, who for years was considered a liberal alternative to Putin, believes in the anti-Semitic, anti-Polish, anti-Western hate speech that he publishes on Telegram. It creates an image that can be useful later. Just as once his image of a technocrat was useful, ”added the historian.

In addition, according to Snyder, Putin is considered weak because his army cannot achieve its goals in Ukraine.. Some critics and officials have also expressed a similar assessment in the past..

In particular, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that Putin achieved nothing with his war against Ukraine..

“The balance that keeps Putin in power, which is the suppression of enemies, the soft support of the population and the professionalism of the army, undermines the reality of an unpredictable and very expensive war.. Putin skillfully created fog so that we could not understand anything. But now it looks like he's lost himself in the fog of war,"