Putin Can’t Win, Can’t Quit: Analyst Says He’s Trapped
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Exiled Russian political scientist Farida Rustamova says President Vladimir Putin is stuck. In a recent interview, she explained that despite public refusals to meet with Ukraine’s leader, Putin may be open to negotiations. Rustamova sees this as a sign that the Russian leader has no clear path forward—he cannot win the war but cannot abandon it either.