Putin’s ramblings offer lessons on managing his successor and China

Vladimir Putin's two-hour interview with Tucker Carlson eviscerated by the West .

Peter Bergen : Putin 's rambling 40-minute excursion on why Ukraine was part of Russia dismissed by West .

He says Putin blamed the U.S. and NATO for causing the current crisis with Moscow .

Bergen asks: How many of Putin ’s colleagues in the Kremlin actually agree with the president in substance?.

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