Vladimir Peter the Great Putin. Ha!

So Putin really has got delusions of grandeur. He wants to be today's version of Peter the Great, the Russian czar who ruled for 42 years. God help us. Putin for 20 years has been bad enough, now he wants another 20 years. Peter the Great who died in his 50s of gangrene had aspirations to build a great Russian nation and created the Russian navy. All Putin will be remembered for is the destruction of Ukraine, the decimation of the Russian army, the ruination of the Russian economy and world isolation for his country. Not bad for a former lieutenant-colonel of the KGB. He will never be Peter the Great. He is already viewed by most of the rest of the world as an abject failed leader, a brutal enforcer and an accumulator of personal wealth unrivalled by almost anyone in the world who has gained riches by legitimate means. The only thing he still has going for him is the vast stock of nuclear weapons. It is purely for this reason that Putin still has a place in the planet's hierarchy. He once also had oil and natural gas to blackmail us all but this asset is swiftly vanishing as Europe and many other nations turn their back on Russia's energy supplies. Peter the Great would be turning over in his grave.