More than three weeks into his unprovoked , President Putin is still no nearer anything that looks like victory. Astonishingly, it is even possible he is staring defeat in the face.Whatever the military outcome, Putin faces one of only two prospects: his demise, possibly bloody; or a future as an isolated global pariah with whom almost nobody will deal.Certainly, the longer he clings on in the Kremlin, the more he will impoverish Russia. Economic sanctions will only get tighter as his military machine in Ukraine acts in ever more brutal ways.
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