Putin comparing himself to Peter the Great is so fucking cringeworthy. We all knew that's what he was after all along, but the adult thing would have been to wait until someone else made the remark.
But this also gets my hopes up again regarding the possibility of a serious illness. I thought about it a lot during first couple of weeks, then my interest in that rumour kind of waned. This recent desperate attempt to guide his own legacy makes me think he could be pondering some bad news from his doctors.
Putin comparing himself to Peter the Great is so fucking cringeworthy. We all knew that's what he was after all along, but the adult thing would have been to wait until someone else made the remark.
But this also gets my hopes up again regarding the possibility of a serious illness. I thought about it a lot during first couple of weeks, then my interest in that rumour kind of waned. This recent desperate attempt to guide his own legacy makes me think he could be pondering some bad news from his doctors.