Putin's worried about his life. The force on the Kremlin is rising. “They will hang me”

Russia does not show that it wants to end a war that has been consuming its resources and political capital for almost 5 years. On the contrary, the Kremlin may mature to believe that further tightening of the conflict is safer than trying to end it without clear success. The West is increasingly looking at Moscow's actions and the list of distress signals is growing. [...]