All right, Alexander, let's talk about Putin's inauguration, his new term as president of Russia,

perhaps what his cabinet is going to look like.

And let's also discuss the rumors or reports from Russian intel, most of it's coming from Russian intel sources,

that there might be a shakeup in Ukraine as well.

Let's not forget that Zelensky's term runs out at the end of the month.

His official term is president.

So that's going to be interesting to follow as well. So let's start with

Putin, the inauguration and the presidential term that awaits him. Yeah. I mean, this is indeed

the inauguration of the president of Russia. It's a big event in the Russian political calendar.

I think the thing to understand about it is that the mood in Russia at the moment is very

confident. The economy is in a major, is going through a major upswing. Living standards are rising.

Inflation, by the way, is actually falling. I mean, you know, we've had all

sorts of things in the West claims about inflation falling. In Russia, it really is falling. So

inflation is falling. Living standards are rising. The economy is on an upswing. The war is going

well in Ukraine. Russia is advancing on the front lines. There was all sorts of threats

about a potential Ukrainian attack on Crimea. As of the time of making of this program, that hasn't

actually materialized. Lots of attack and missiles have been fired. Apparently they've all

been shot down, 25 of them over the last two weeks. Anyway, the Russians in a very confident

move. Putin in a very confident mood. He is unchallenged. There is no real challenge to him in Russia today.

And this whole attempt to try to engineer some kind of regime change in Russia through all the

pressures, the sanctions, the war, the activities of the various NGOs, which have basically

all collapsed as far as I understand. All of that has ended in total failure. Putin is not only

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