Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

[Zkuq]

Ryuu96 said:

Zkuq said:

At this point, I don't even know why Medveded bothers saying anything. I doubt anyone outside Russia takes him seriously anymore, and I have my doubts about how seriously he is taken even in Russia.

I've seen speculation in the past that Medvedev became a crazy bastard to decrease the chances of anyone looking at him as a successor/threat to Putin, I do kind of wonder about that theory because this dude is batshit insane, I mean, all of them are, but he takes it to another level. If Putin were to ever be removed, Medvedev was the sort of guy who would be naturally next in line with his previous political positions.

Kind of makes sense, but also doesn't make sense (but what does in Russia?). Another thing that comes to mind is that when you have someone so crazy, everything else looks moderate/reasonable (at least to some people).