I admit that Putin is daamn cleavor if he is using fascism to poison the West

Putin probably realised when Obama was elected that social media was the modern route to mobilising people. And he did the deed with (ex) Twitler.

Putin needs every other country to have internal squabbles, it distracts them from what he is doing. In every country including his own. It weakens ties between countries. Brexshit being the obvious one.

In that respect China's policy of screwing down the internet and controlling the media generally is protection against internal and external influences. Putin's influence must be high on that list.

Much like Twitler's tactic of creating issues after mendacious issue, Putin is doing the same, covertly.

After Brexshit, I warned this parish "Be afraid America, be very afraid". What I didn't connect was Putin's hand in Twitler's plans (or the Farrage Balloon).

To measure is to know - James Clark Maxwell. And we don't really have the measure of Putin. He is not in charge of Proud White Boys or Q Anon, he doesn't need to be. But he rattles their cages.