I mean, the putin thing is just a bonus, I think.

[quakerboy]

He has led a charmed life, getting away with stuff that would see anyone else in cement shoes or prison time in short order. Money has been the tool, but he has a remarkable instinct for when to jump ship for self preservation.

And he had finally reached a place and a point in which his options were take power or go to jail. So he took power. And then when we got him out and he was panicking.. we fucking let him off with no consequences. But not everyone would have done so forever. So he grabbed it back again. And here we are.