He was in a Covid-19 induced isolation, which Dugan took advantage of. But Putin is hardly a victim. He's had glorious visions of recapturing Russian Imperialism ever since the Berlin Wall came down and the USSR broke up. He described it as the greatest tragedy of the 20th century. That's how delusional he's always been.
Dugan and Putin together, hatching plans, which only a tiny inner circle knew about, the 2 military advisers, one the defence Minister.
Even the FSB was on the outer on the plans. So too the top brass military. It was and is such a disaster for one central reason:
