"The Survivor InstinKt": Kremlin gremlins-goblins elites and V. Putin: "I'm still standing and sitting and will be for foreseeable future..." | "With 2015 shaping into a full-blown economic crisis, the question is which way will Putin go and who will be pushing him?" Russian power struggle: Could Putin lose his leverage over Moscow elite? - World | So while Russia’s economy and foreign relations may be going down the drain, it doesn’t look like Putin will be going anywhere." - Putin’s Regime Under Pressure But Far from Doomed – Atlantic Sentinel | Stratfor: Cracks appar in Putin’s Kremlin as the stress on Russia grows | Fabius Maximus website
putin as survivor Rolls Royce Moscow has record year in 2014 in spite of shrinking Russian economy. (Corinne Seminoff CBC News ) "With 2015 shaping into a full-blown economic crisis, the question is which way will Putin go and who will be pushing him?" Russian power struggle: Could Putin lose his leverage over Moscow elite? - World "Putin has carefully divided the elite into factions. The military men seldom meet the oligarchs who seldom interact with cabinet members. This makes Putin indispensable to the workings of the regime and should prevent groups from being able to team up and remove him. So while Russia’s economy and foreign relations may be going down the drain, it doesn’t look like Putin will be going anywhere." Putin’s Regime Under Pressure But Far from Doomed – Atlantic Sentinel ___________________________________________ Russian power struggle: Could Putin lose his leverage over Moscow elite? - World -...