I can't prove anything or point to any direct indicators but my feelz on it are:
Putin played the game as the rules were at that time with the forces in place at that time (Obama US). His job was to get what he needed for his people.
Then Trump came and the game changed with it. Putin then worked within a plan as developed with the Trump admin to further secure his own people and end a threat that had been created by the Obama admin in his effective AO.
and that is, of course, just a guess.
There are many elements that cloud reading such events, one among them is this expectation of pure motivations, either good or evil, by foreign players. Most of the time they're just trying to survive the situation put in place by the US and it's many and multitude manipulations.
And amid all that cooperation in 2013 - 2014, the CIA runs a coupe against the elected Ukranian goverment and install a cabal puppet regime.
So was Putin played or is this scenario BS?
I can't prove anything or point to any direct indicators but my feelz on it are:
Putin played the game as the rules were at that time with the forces in place at that time (Obama US). His job was to get what he needed for his people.
Then Trump came and the game changed with it. Putin then worked within a plan as developed with the Trump admin to further secure his own people and end a threat that had been created by the Obama admin in his effective AO.
and that is, of course, just a guess.
There are many elements that cloud reading such events, one among them is this expectation of pure motivations, either good or evil, by foreign players. Most of the time they're just trying to survive the situation put in place by the US and it's many and multitude manipulations.