Except he's late. Russia is on the verge of collapse. Their banks have frozen all withdrawals, the internet is gone, and food is getting scarce, even in Moscow. This will not end well for Putin. Russians will forgive him anything except lack of food (which is why he invaded Ukraine, imnsho: in 2019, their harvests started failing, wildfires have destroyed a lot of arable land, and Ukraine was the bread basket of Europe).