Western politicians are making one of two mistakes. They either think Putin is too rational, just like them, or they see him as a crazy maniac with a nuclear button in his hands, Ivan Preobrazhensky, a Russian political analyst in the opposition, told RBC-Ukraine in an interview. According to the political analyst, the further a European country from Ukraine, the less its politicians believe that Putin poses a threat not only to one country but to Europe as a whole. “And if they don’t believe in the threat, they assume Putin lacks the resources for a war against Europe. Many Western diplomats …
