Russian President Vladimir

plans for 2022 didn't go the way he expected, and the year ended with even more setbacks for the dictator.

One example of Putin's failure is the Collective Security Treaty Organization summit in late November, which brought together six former Soviet republics.

Armenia hosted the meeting, and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan openly refused to sign the summit declaration.

Pashinyan even moved away from Putin during a group photo of CSTO leaders.  

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This potential rift with allies comes as more people in Russia are reportedly questioning the war against Ukraine.

According to the newspaper, when Putin launched the invasion in late February, analysts expected his forces to secure a quick victory, but with the help of supplies from allies, Ukraine surprised Russia with its army and inflicted numerous defeats on Putin on the battlefield.

As the year drew to a close, Putin gave another potential sign of how badly the war was going for Russia when he canceled his annual year-end press conference.

The cancellation of the event – ​​the first in 10 years – led to speculation that the leader did not want to answer journalists' questions about Ukraine and the war.

Russian President Putin "seems more isolated than ever" as many in Russia's elite are unhappy with the direction of the war.

It is said that the elite is divided between those who support escalation against Ukraine and those who prefer Putin to stop the attack.

While Putin still enjoys the support of Belarus and Iran, other leaders traditionally allied with Russia have voiced their displeasure with the war.

The next worrying moment for Putin is called by the media the fact that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote an article for the Russian newspaper "Kommersant" in which he called for an end to wars.

Modi was particularly critical of the fight for "territories or resources".

Chinese leader Xi Jinping also said he had "questions and concerns" about the war.

"China does not like this war. I think there are many ways in which it undermines China's economic plans ... Putin does not know how to win a war, but he sure knows how to maintain control in Moscow," said Michael Kimmage, professor of history of the Catholic University of America and a former member of the Secretary of State's Political Planning Division.

Putin and the war against Ukraine

According to The Washington Post, dictator Vladimir Putin approached the 23rd anniversary of his regime

It happened against the background of the collapse after ten months of war against Ukraine.

Russian political scientist Abbas Gallyamov confirms the information of the Western media that the dictator of the Russian Federation, Vladimir

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He said it was the result of his own behavior.

Belarusian oppositionist Pavlo Latushko says that the self-proclaimed president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, and the Russian dictator, Vladimir Putin

on the territory of the Russian satellite country.

And the Russian publicist and sociologist Andriy Piontkovsky in an interview with TSN.ua said that the USA made it clear to Russian President Vladimir

weapons in a war with Ukraine.

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