DEEP STATE IS NOT AFTER PUTIN, IT IS AFTER RUSSIA

I did not hear anybody say it that clearly so far, and had to contemplate on the motive. It is Russia, its sheer size and history, that makes it the prime target for Deep State. It recognises that a unified Russia cannot be conquered. Nobody has defeated it yet. Therefore, it must be fragmented. They did not tell Putin that little detail when they commissioned him, like they did all other politicians of the world. And once Putin learned of the extent of the role he was to play, he has balked.

Thus we come to the current impasse. One must destroy the other. There is no middle ground.