" recordings and witness accounts show that even when Putin’s closest confidants privately discuss his financial dealings, they use pseudonyms for him or simply gesture to the heavens rather than utter his name."
no doubt putin is bsd and a bad ass. not saying i like the guy or what russia is doing.
putin was kgb and now basically owns russia and his net worth is somewhere north of USD150 billion.
This guy is probably the master of manipulation maybe trump has been compromised long time ago who knows. After all trump cannot say enough nice things about putin and russia despite bashing every other country on earth.