Vladimir Putin’s M.O.

Vladimir Putin:

• If the people are against me, then to hell with them. I’ll do what I want, and justify it based on the law.
• If the law is against me, then fuck the law. I’ll do what I want, and justify it based on the clamoring mob fired up by my propaganda.

What else would you expect from a paranoid, Machiavellian ex-KGB agent?