...Second and fourth President and sixth of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead...as "a ploy."
The reaction came on Wednesday after Putin outlined the seven-point peace plan that calls for an end to the "active offensive operations by the (Ukrainian) armed forces" and pro-Russia forces in southeastern Ukraine.