Heather Cox Richardson observes that Vladimir Putin's leadership is deteriorating, as evidenced by his scaled-down military parade and the ongoing war in Ukraine.

“This weekend was Russia's May 9th Victory Day which marked its triumph over Nazi Germany and it is tend you know, it tends to be a really major event in Russia and Putin had to do such a scaled down parade this year out of concerns about the reach of Ukrainian drones that it really made him look ter”