Hi Manny, I am an American living in Russia now for 25 years. I have worked in major Russian companies, sort of taking part in the building of the Russian post-Soviet market. My last project, which indirectly engaged Putin, was the creation of The Russia House at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos. I like how you see the links to Russia. Forgive me, but I will shill some articles here that you might find interesting and relate to this nice article you wrote.

https://medium.com/politically-speaking/santa-putin-to-little-donnie-youve-been-a-very-good-little-boy-f5285527e0ba

https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/a-lesson-in-leadership-for-the-gop-from-vladimir-putin-5fed18bece55

https://medium.com/the-haven/china-russia-and-fox-news-america-walk-into-a-bar-c204a00bb3e8