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 Is he? 
https://image.nostr.build/52e4d3254c25776a61a0be199cc95ffc3e54845bcd791c3c0da4b385a8f96011.jpg 
 huh? 
 What is winning at this stage? Imo we're all losing  
 Now that there’s a new war on, the CIA needs to run pieces like this (which even several months ago would’ve been considered despicable, if not even treasonous) to convince the public that it’s prudent to wind down the Ukrainian laundering operation with a peace settlement. They’re simultaneously running another propaganda campaign called “redefining success in Ukraine”, i.e. claiming victory by the west, even though there’s none to be had. Glenn Greenwald has been covering this thoroughly. 
 Run this war til we win.

It’s our first good war since Korea. 
 Unfortunately nobody is really winning.
We're all loosing.
War is bad for business everywhere, even in countries not involved. 
 MIC would disagree...
The lie in this clip is "sometimes"
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mDXIEIYPgZk 
 Russia wins on the battlefield, russia wins in diplomacy and russia wins on economy. They have growth admitted by everybody, including imf, while US has to deal with the dedollarisation process which has already began. Russia wins on all stages so far... 
 Depends. Inside the country he further consolidated his position by becoming almost dictatorial and getting rid of any restraints.

Militarily, he has far from the best army, but the new campaign improved mechanisms that simply didn't work before.

All in all, for himself, he won by getting what he wanted. Everybody wins here in general 😏 Except for ordinary people, but they realize what they're dying for. 
 Now that is an interesting comment. Why is the russian military far from the best, which is the best and why? 
What are ordinary people die for?
 
 Money. Soldiers are paid well. But there is an ideology. Russians (not in the sense of nationality, but residents of Russia) want to defend (from Kiev's aggression) Donbass and "liberate" all "Russian cities" from Western influence. Ideally the entire coastal territory of Ukraine up to Transnistria. "Am I a trembling creature or do I have the right?"

Ukrainians believe in the European world, want to dictate their will in the southwestern region and receive benefits from the west for it. In fact, independence is out of the question here, only the choice of a suzerain. And they have already made this choice. 
 Allright thanks good answer as i was expecting from you, but what about the first army thing?
And i forgot before to ask you, do you think that kicking off the NGOs out of russia and putting navalny, the western puppet, in jail is undemocratic or protection of democracy? 
 Is this even a serious question?
Anyone serious have any doubts? 
 Putin is quite old (71) and reportedly ill. He will be dead before this is over, one way or the other.