>>513093422 (OP)
Putin.
He started a war with Ukraine fully knowing that the west can't do shit.
What are they going to do, start a war with Russia? Didn't they laugh at China for issuing "final warnings" only for Trump to do the exact same thing?
He started a war he literally couldn't lose. Zelensky backs down, Europe and USA appear weak, lose all their money. Zelensky fights back, USA and Europe has to intervene and bribe Russia.
For Putin, this was the perfect outcome, even better than expected. The USA looks weak, Zelensky didn't have to back down, and the USA is giving all their Alaskan minerals to Russia for him to devote to R&D for his military.
Zelensky is also incredibly retarded so that didn't exactly help the west at all. They tried telling him to negotiate a ceasefire and he kept refusing to do so like the stubborn kike he is. Putin made the west look like a doormat.