Putin preparing hiding place, expert says

Pres Putin has leased to China huge Russian territories for one reason – he is preparing a hide-out to flee to after his downfall, military expert Yury Kolesnykov writes on Glavnoje Sept. 5
The Chinese are very likely to accept the deal, the expert says.

“Putin has leased the huge areas in Zabaikal region, 1.5 times the size of Crimea. If Crimea is a barren land, China gets forest-covered territories,” he says.

Now Putin has taken the time-out to prepare for another round.

“The downfall of Russian economy makes the Kremlin continue the confrontation. Moscow has reached a deadlock with only two way-outs: either to surrender and capitulate (but this means losing power and facing court prosecutions and payments of contribution to Ukraine) or make it to the end no matter what kind of the end it will be.

Meanwhile, Moscow has a chance to continue its agony.

“Putin is dumping to China the Russian territories for merely one reason – he needs a hide-out in China,” the expert says.

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