Economy

As you know, psychopaths often are - eventually.

I mean, there he was: king of the proverbial hill (in Russia, anyway); the presidency seemed his for life, if he wanted it.

Only one thing could ruin it all: his ordering some Brezhnev-style invasion - getting into a new "Vietnam." And here we are.

So the day he falls, before he puts his gun in his mouth and pulls the trigger, I hope it'll dawn on him that it could have all been avoided - with a little self-control.

Sad Vlad, they'll call him: the author of his own undoing.