At a shocking event, such as the death of mercenary boss Prigozhin, Vladimir Putin remains silent at first. Only after a while does a reaction come, which then surprises everyone. It’s slowly becoming a pattern. “The system is set up in such a way that someone else always gets the blame,” says political scientist Dmitry Oreshkin.
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How Putin is always silent after a crisis: ‘The president can never do anything wrong’
