Putin's New Reflexive Control Operation

By Irina Severin | UAObserver

Why do Russians spread rumors about Putin's death?

Foremost, the rumor was addressed to Western leaders, not to the Russian public, as some suggested. From the Reflexive Control point of view, the information about Putin's death should provoke shock and fear about chaos in Russia as a country with nuclear weapons in case of Putin's death.

The Western leaders should imagine a nightmare scenario with terrifying pictures of a bloody civil war in Russia with chaos and nuclear weapons without control spread to the Middle East or elsewhere.

They should think: maybe it would be better that he is still alive - despite being predictably unpredictable, he is better than somebody unknown like semi-crazy Patrushev. At least Putin has mild manners, and it is possible to communicate with him. And this is precisely what happened.