#Putin, Isolated and Distrustful, Leans on Handful of Hard-Line Advisers - #Russia’s president built a power #structure designed to deliver him the information he wants to hear, feeding into his #miscalculations on the #Ukraine #war
https://www.wsj.com/articles/putin-russia-ukraine-war-advisers-11671815184?reflink=share_mobilewebshare
Acc to the WSJ it was mainly #Kovalchuk and #Medvedchuk influence that pushed Putin to go for the war