The tragedy and loneliness of the king
I am far from criticizing Putin only because his “direct line”, you see, was not fascinating enough. Of course, it would be more fun (and I myself would have done so on the President’s place) if he went to the television cameras, for example, in the estimate of Michael Jackson or in a cardboard crown, which is attached to Galette des Rois in France. Since self -irony is always more appropriate than unjustified pathos, it relieves negative stress and disarms critics.