First, thank you for posting this. Much appreciated. Second, let's not forget that in order to get where he is now, Putin has to be a sociopath. That said, I suspect he's drawing a line that he's not going to put up with being played by other sociopaths. Look out below when sociopaths go at each other. Since sociopaths have no empathy nor conscience, the collateral damage will be great. We have been warned.