Sorry, I had to turn off the video at 25 minutes. Another western expert who clearly does not spend enough time in Russia to know what the hell he is talking about. The way he characterized  Putin, Medvedev and contemporary Russia are so far off base.  No wonder US policy against Russia is so harmful if he is the source of the opinions in Washington.,(reply>), agree with you -the speaker clearly has anti Putin sentiment too narrow in its analysis.  After soviet collapse US moved to crush Russia economically and own the place   Humiliation  and terror forced  Russians to accept  Putin. Russians are not stupid they know what a monster is Without Putin Russia  could be as chaotic as latin america  which would have suited the US militarily and economically