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chrisseaton on Feb 26, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT...

> Is he really being portrayed as a buffoon, though?

Yeah - for example the Economist cover on the 19th.

https://www.economist.com/weeklyedition/2022-02-19

rosndo on Feb 26, 2022 [–]

Putin can have painted himself into a corner without necessarily being a buffoon.

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