DOES PRÉSIDENT PUTIN STILL RULE IN RUSSIA ?

How is it that Président Putin can...

   -  justify invading Crrimea

   -  justify maintaining combat vessels in Syrian ports

   -  tell Russian speaking protesters to stop revolts in Ukraine

   -  deny the presence of any Russian "troops" in Ukraine

   -  justify organising exercises for Russian troops on the borders with Ukraine

   -  deny the presense of Russian made tanks and arms in Ukraine

   -  not react when a Ukrainian transport plane is shot down in Ukraine killing all 49 people abord.

Will Putin now act, or react, after the attack by Ukrainians on the Russian Embassy in Kiev because they want an end to the revolts by Russians in eastern Ukraine ?

Is President Putin really in charge ?  Is he still the magician or has he become the "puppet" ?

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