Thoughtful article Sergey Faldin and I think I understand your process.

It's a matter of moving forward, learning by the ordeal and hoping we make it. There are real similarities between personal behaviors and national ones. Certainly individuals make enormous differences to nations. The two spectacular ones now are Putin and Zelenskyy. We would likely be experiencing quite different worlds should either not be there.

How does Russia move forward from this? I believe it can and for the better. Putin cannot remain as leader. He possibly could be steered off into some kind of retirement plan -- to have security (stay alive) and keep some of his loot. This is likely what he wanted all along. He was never wrapped in ideology like Stalin but suffered the age old difficulty of all dictators -- not being able to retire.

America and the West have generally differentiated Putin from Russia. Although there could have been more consistency with this. In my dialogue I have always talked of Putin or Putin's Russia and not simply Russia. After all Putin had already subjugated Russians before attempting to do the same with Ukrainians.

Many thanks.