The anger of Putin’s loyalists unaware of the attack: “He deceived us”

Fly. There is a phrase that has been echoing for two weeks now in the golden Moscow rooms of power: “He deceived us!”. Not even the most faithful of Vladimir Putinseveral Russian sources agree, had been made aware of his military plans in Ukraine. Those who for years had built a reputation and an empire at home or had cultivated a sweet life abroad between villas in the West and huge hidden accounts today see their castles crumble like sand under the harsh blow of Western sanctions.