1/ Seeing increased speculation on this site about Putin’s hold on power, and whether his inner circle may begin distancing itself from him. So far we’ve seen no sign of that. And as @AlexGabuev has noted, they stand to benefit from a more isolated and repressive Russia. 
2/ Worth noting he wrote the piece before Russia invaded Ukraine and the West unleashed sanctions so severe not even the most conservative of stress tests within the Kremlin could have predicted them. That having been said, Putin’s siloviki are ideologically aligned with him.
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