Nobody needs Putin

Meanwhile, where can this "head of powerful state" go? Exclusively to the countries of post-Soviet space. Samarkand, Yerevan, Bishkek. Now Minsk. Putin had all the protocol opportunities to attend the G20 summit in Indonesia, but he did not fly to Bal.  Obviously, he did not want leaders of civilized world countries to turn their backs on the "head of powerful state."

But even at the summits held in former Soviet republics, Putin can now expect surprises. At the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Putin had to come to terms with the fact that the main character of the meeting and leader of the organization is the President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, and not the President of Russia. At the Russia-Central Asia summit, the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, publicly demanded Putin's respect for the last allies - despite the fact that Putin does not even know a such word.

At the CSTO summit, Armenian Prime Minister Nikolay Pashinyan refused to sign the final document.

Belarus remained. Here, Putin knew for sure that there would be no public surprises.  However, he miscalculated here as well. Aleksandr Lukashenko called the Russian ruler the most toxic person on earth under television cameras. Of course, the Belarusian dictator just wanted to show that he was angry with the opinion of the West. But the expression on Putin's face was an eloquent reminder that the Russian president does not accept such jokes.