In Russia they have the habit of putting in charge who is afraid of losing

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The qualities to be an head of state: honesty, competence and charisma. The first one is as rare as Astatine, the second one is a lottery and the third one is quite common. Despite cultural nationalism, historically in Russia they have looked foreignward as examples, drawing the inferiority complex existing nowadays. What they missed of has been the charisma. Will we ever heard an head of state going in Donetsk and saying in front of thousands "i am donetskian"? Stop calling Vladimir Putin a "cold charismatic", he's as flat as the earth.
The russian state is weak, its official name is Russian Federation but regions are overdependent financially from the center. This however hasn't refrained Putin from delegating to them the response to Coronavirus, alluding to criminal charges for negligent governors. He has pulled a Pontius Pilate and limited himself to videomessages to the nation in a bunker-ish location, delivering ambivalent messages that only entrenched confusion. Some governors, recognizing own ineptitude in even delivering the bonuses promised to healthcare workers, resigned (entrenching mistrust).
Three northern regions are planning to merge into a macroregion, triggering shy protests from independentists. Regions based on ethnicity are a soviet legacy that have fueled secessionism ('90s asymmetrical federalism almost teared the nation apart). Regions are social constructs that need the right persons to construct them. Destroying the current regionalization is the first step for modernization. There's no «russification» as someone known for psyops has been pushing for years.
The «helicopter money» that the Central Bank and German Gref opposes is more necessity than easing the lockdown. "If we were to print reserve currencies, we could spend trillions of rubles", bitter truth by finance minister Anton Siluanov if you see it in liberal eyes (printing money is what central banks are supposed to do). Afraid of devaluation? You have the gold bought at $1200 resellable to $1592, stonks. If the oil price crash may be hard hatting, a gas crash can devastate the already fragile russian finances. The german regulator Bnetza rejected (on the same day the Academic Cherskiy reached the Baltic) Nord Stream 2's request to be exempt to the amended gas directive on the basis that such request could be met if the pipeline was completed before 23 May 2019. Political decision? Don't kid ourselves: the project is also political. Pipeline construction was halted because Denmark didn't give permission for its territorial waters until October 30. Due to u.s sanctions, Allseas consortium left. For Gazprom there will be higher operational costs and if was in it, i would seek reparations against Denmark.
Speaking of politics, despite the constitutional amendment that eliminates the 2 consecutive terms limit, i don't believe Putin will go for 12 years more. He had to step down 2 years ago, now is a lame duck. There's an infighting for the post-2024 and most likely United Russia won't retain majority at the Duma. As history teaches, things in Russia change when "stability" is threatened: unemployment up and budget deficit is projected at ₽8.8trillion (3/4 the National Wealth Fund).
The reality is than in Russia who actually rules are the oligarchs, security forces and bureaucrats. Nobody of them is elected. They fight each other and destabilize the internal and foreign policy, east or west depends on their personal interests. Putin spent 20 years trying to navigate between them and the nation is still fragile. Natalia Poklonskaya may sound naive but: the interview with Dmitry Gordon doesn't pull punches; she had guts in accepting the nominee for Crimea's Prosecutor General when all men refused and was the only one standing up against her party's pension reform. To deliver a mentality revolution (this nation urgently needs it), what's best than putting a woman in charge? She's also beautiful and apparently has a passion for modeling. "Prefering 0-0 draw over 4-2 win because of risking 0-5 loss" (Ben Aris) is for chickenshits. If Sergey Sobyanian is in charge of Coronavirus fight, foreign and defense ministries are in charge of foreign policy and internal affairs and finance ministers are in charge of internal policy, what's Putin for?

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