Putin and the war in Ukraine, a journey through the mind of a dictator

For days the gazes of the world have been upon him: Vladimir Putin. The Russian ‘dictator’ who attacked Ukraine, unleashing a conflict that causes death and despair. Comparisons with Adolf Hitler or Benito Mussolini multiply. But what happens in the mind of a despot? A leader accustomed to deciding independently while ignoring the rules of democracy? “Those who have lived in power for some time like him, gradually begin to think that his every action is ‘right’ as it is confirmed by the consent of the population.