The Kremlin Regime Is Weakening

• Andrei Zubov
• 4.01.2026, 15:38

Trump will no longer communicate with Putin as an equal.

When Russian aggression in Ukraine began, the regime of Bashar al-Assad had a firm grip on Syria, Iran's ayatollahs supported tensions and terrorism throughout the Middle East in close alliance with the Kremlin, and oil-rich Venezuela was fully controlled by the tyrant Maduro, who relied on Russia and China and even moved some of his country's gold reserves to Moscow. Relying on such allies and vassals, Putin dreamed of ruling the world. A short and victorious war in Ukraine was supposed to be a springboard to world domination.

The war in Ukraine has been going on for four years now and has turned for the Kremlin dictator into a disgrace and an endless nightmare from which he has no strength to emerge.

Syria was surrendered exactly one year ago. Putin didn't even try to protect his old "friend," but simply flew him and his family and gold reserves to Moscow, handing the country over to Erdogan's control.

When the U.S. and Israel were striking Iran's nuclear facilities, Putin neglected the treaty of cooperation and mutual assistance made with the ayatollahs and left the Tehran regime to fend for itself.

Now, almost silently, he has accepted the arrest of his ally Maduro by US special forces and his removal to the US for trial.

I think the Kremlin dictator now looks weak in the eyes of the world. It is unlikely that Trump will continue to communicate with him as an equal or even close in power and influence. It is unlikely that other allies and sympathizers will stay with Putin. In this company, it is not principles or ideas that are valued, but only power and money. Apparently, the Kremlin is running out of both. And what lies ahead is disgrace, loss of power and all that usually follows for such regimes.

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