From Russian Facebook
.... (somebody claiming inside info about what is happening high up in the regime)
1. Decision on Crimea was taken personally by Putin. He is fully supported by a small group of top officials (5 or 6 men), by coincidence those not having any assets in the West (...)
2. If the West cannot stop Putin during the coming week, there will be an annexation of Eastern Ukraine.
3. Kremlin is basing its plans on having as its opposite the weakest post-war political elite in the West. American leadership is viewed absolutely derisively. Economic sanctions do not make the
4. However, the threat of personal economic sanctions has scared the sh**t out of the other officials, both around the president and around the prime minister. One of them has been hospitalized with heart trouble.
5. However, these officials will not dare to go against Putin. They are almost superstitious in their belief in his luck, say that up till now Putin got everything he wanted.
What's "Russian Facebook"?
I thought he was referring to VK at first, but I now understand that wasn't the case.
