Yes Vladimir Vladimirovich apologizes

Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev is the first leader of the erstwhile russian republic to force Vladimir Putin to make an authoritative apology. In Russia, this is simply a sign of utmost weakness. So why did the dictator gotta do it? Why was he standing in front of the cameras on October 9th, groping and talking so quietly? What is the consequence of the 1500 Kremlin messages in which individual apologizes for something? Our interlocutors, Russian opponents, tell us how to realize all this.