He's the 1 who convinced Putin to hit. Political scenes of Russian invasion [ANALYZA]

Investigative service "Verstka Media", whose aim is to rebuild independent Russian journalism looked at the political spheres of the Russian invasion. According to analyses by journalists, Putin made a decision to dismantle Ukraine much earlier than expected, although the final decision on a full scale invasion was made in 2021. An interesting aspect of the analysis is whose influence Putin is to be.