Putin Politely Expresses His Amazement At Western Stupidity In an interview with John Micklethwait of BloombergBusinessweek, Putin was asked about Russia’s desire to expand its influence geographically. https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-vladimir-putin-interview/ Putin answered as follows: “I think all sober-minded people who really are involved in politics understand that the idea of a Russian threat to, for example, the Baltics is complete madness. Are…