Nursing Injustices: An Unsparing Psychological Profile of Vladimir Putin will Reveal a Deeply Vulnerable Kremlin Leader Part 1

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1: https://centerforsecuritypolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Waller%5C_AriasKing%5C_Putin%5C_July2021%5C_Optimize.pdf

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1. Many critics, at home and in the West, paint him as nearly invincible. Some astute observers say he nurses profound personal vulnerabilities ripe for exploitation.

1. Effective exploitation of Putin’s weak points requires a certain degree of political incorrectness that few Kremlin-watchers or geostrategists seem willing to risk. That reluctance has squandered endless opportunities to hem in the Russian dictator without risking harm to the Russian people, or armed conflict beyond Russia’s borders.

1. The old carrot-and-stick approach to the Kremlin leader, resting mostly on ever-tightening sanctions that have caused considerable economic damage but failed to open Russia, have indeed failed.

1. The usual explanations for the Kremlin leader’s actions fall into one of four categories: Putin seeks to increase his power and political longevity; enrich himself and his cronies; reimpose Russia as a serious Eurasian if not global power; and make a world “safe for autocrats” by corrupting or coercing foreign elites; or a combination of the above.

1. An example at the time of this writing is how the Kremlin moved toward completion of its signature geopolitical project, the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany, while bypassing Ukraine and Poland. Moscow craftily overcame waves of opposition and sanctions, through much perseverance, political cooptation, influence money, and intelligence tradecraft.

1. Then came the poisoning of opposition figure Aleksei Navalny, an incident that got senior German politicians (usually shy towards, when not receptive to, Moscow’s machinations) talking openly about cancelling Nord Stream 2.

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1. And just when Putin was vehemently denying poisoning or harassing Navalny, and gaining echo among influential European apologists, came the news that Navalny’s properties were being seized by the authorities in Moscow as the poisoned victim was barely emerging from his coma in Berlin. Navalny then was arrested upon his return to Moscow under clearly trumped-up charges, sparking protests across the entire breadth of Russia.

1. Putin suffers from a “neurological abnormality” developed before he was born, an autism spectrum disorder called Asperger’s syndrome.

1. One of the researchers, Dr. Stephen Porges of the University of North Carolina, disagreed with the Asperger’s assessment but did advise, in the words of a news report, that American officials “needed to find quieter settings in which to deal with Putin, whose behavior and facial expressions reveal someone who is defensive in large social settings.” In Porges’ own words, “If you need to do things with him, you don’t want to be in a big state affair but more of one-on-one situation someplace somewhere quiet.”3

1. And contempt must be considered as one of the most important elements of his psychology. It is not only contempt for what he almost regards as weak— and possibly, in his macho world view, effeminate— western leaders. More important is his contempt for their institutions such as international treaties and laws.”

1. Betraying his image of confidence and strength is Putin’s nursing of grievances, real and imagined. Nina Khrushcheva and Gulnaz Sharafutdinova, among others, have written brilliantly on Putin’s knack for injustice-collecting.

1. Anders Åslund has elaborated extensively on Putin’s grand theft and neurotic relation to money.

1. Samuel A. Greene and Graeme B. Robertson have an entire book on Putin’s inordinate malice.8

1. Something about Putin personifies Russia and Russianness, or at least that’s how Putin’s image-makers have wanted it to seem. Yet there is something about Putin that is decidedly unacceptable in Russian culture, particularly in the grand tradition that he purports to guard and revive. It is this aspect of Putin’s internal being—that the Russian leader likely believes that the real Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin never would be accepted in his own country—that merits careful study. In this article, we can only begin to launch a discussion of the subject, a learned speculation based on the art of psychological profiling and the impolite trades of psychological warfare and political subversion.

1. The Langer psychoanalysis consists of five parts: “Hitler as he believes himself to be,” “Hitler as the German people know him,” “Hitler as his associates know him,” “Hitler as he knows himself,” and a “Psychological analysis and reconstruction.”

1. “Teased and bullied at school, in response to any insults or criticism, Putin immediately responded viciously to his tormenters,”

1. Putin was also incapable of handling criticism from teachers, openly expressing outrage at being reprimanded

1. As president, Putin continues to react intensely to criticism as any oligarch or journalist who criticizes or opposes him is likely to find themselves in prison or dead.

1. From boyhood on, Putin has been intensely ambitious, setting his sights on becoming a KGB spy and staying doggedly focused on the path to achieve this. Putin explains that he was drawn to this career by the realization that ‘one spy could decide the fate of thousands of people’—reflecting his narcissistic dreams of glory.

1. “Arranged stunts and photos showcasing his machismo are indisputable evidence of Putin’s extreme narcissism. These include riding horseback while bare-chested and fitting a tranquilized tiger with a GPS satellite transmitter. Each stunt is intended to convey the image of Putin as fearless, powerful and in control.

1. Putin used to express outrage for being reprimanded and continues to react intensely to criticism: “any oligarch or journalist who criticizes or opposes him is likely to find themselves in prison or dead.”25

1. Georgetown University Professor Andrew Kuchins addressed the question that few dare ask: Is Putin’s behavior rooted in repressed sexuality, and if so, is it of a repressed homosexual? In a 2015 social media post, Kuchins commented, “Having to repress his homosexuality may explain a good deal of aberrant behavior.”26 Another leading Kremlinologist, Dr. Carol Saivetz of MIT, answered, “It’s been rumored for a long time.

1. Some rumors are often little more than political ammunition, though when dealing with political figures, they can offer insights when carefully assessed. Critic Stanislav Belkovsky wrote in a 2013 biography that Putin is a lonely person who is “latently gay.”28 Putin is described as the “weak son of an alcoholic” and a “deeply lonely politician” who prefers the company of animals to people.

1. Putin and his supporters have given philosophical reasons why homosexual expression and symbolism were to be driven out of Russian public life, citing a return to Orthodox Christian moral values and a movement away from libertine Western society. Those in themselves are spiritual or theological, not psychological, motivations.

1. However, many Putin observers and biographers touched upon the personality disorders and psychopathologies associated with gay men who are either in denial or live clandestinely, as described by both classic and modern psychotherapists. This is where a psychobiography of Putin is important, since he was raised as an atheist in Marxist-Leninist society with no beliefs of his own in a society that rejected critical thinking and self-expression, and he has no known youthful background in Christian theology or Biblical moral tradition.

1. Kuchins and Saivetz represent rare instances when reputable Russia-watchers and insiders shyly spill out into the public what they often talk about in private with colleagues or Russian contacts. A former prominent Russian official who knew Putin during their teenage years in Leningrad told the authors at a Harvard event that Putin had been part of a street gang that raped boys whom they considered weak or effeminate. He did not know whether the practice was out of sexual orientation or as a means of insecure adolescents to dominate and humiliate.31

1. Other observers are bolder. A Russian gay leader once urged Putin to come out “for everyone’s sake.” Former Russian domestic intelligence officer Aleksandr Litvinenko, a veteran of the Federal Security Service (FSB) who defected to London, wrote an article in 2006 describing Putin as a “pedophile” with an interest in small boys. Litvinenko said he learned the secret in the late 1990s: “when Putin became the FSB director and was preparing for the presidency, he began to seek and destroy any compromising materials” that the KGB had collected. “Among other things, Putin found videotapes in the FSB Internal Security Directorate, which showed him making sex with some underage boys.”32 A Russian government death squad later murdered Litvinenko with radioactive polonium, with a British inquiry later concluding that Putin “probably” gave the orders personally.33

1. For a strong, alpha-male leader, Putin has shown unusual sensitivity to being called gay. As a result, it has become standard fare for Russian activists to sport a meme of the Kremlin leader’s face made up in drag, superimposed over rainbow colors.

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