Opinion: Putin can cling on to power, but his legend is dead

Russian President Vladimir Putin's military machine is broken; his country's economy so scarred that it will take years to recover; his reputation as a geopolitical mastermind in tatters, writes Mark Galeotti. "Putin-the-man may still cling to power for years, but Putin-the-legend is dead."

source https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/11/opinions/after-putin-power-health-regime-galeotti/index.html