What does Putin do next? Welcome to The i Paper’s opinion series in which our writers and experts take a deeper look at the future for the Russian leader. • Putin is getting more desperate. It won’t end well• Furious Putin is trapped in a gilded cage. Only death will free him• Putin and Xi’s bromance could fall apart – and it’s all down to Trump• Putin has made a vast strategic error. This relationship shows us why• The worst war the Soviets ever fought is now haunting Putin• Putin has turned Russia into a ‘crack cocaine’ economy – he’s trapped• Putin’s desperate fight for global influence is turning into a quiet disaster• Europe looks ready to fall into Putin’s cunning trap – again

What does Putin do next? Welcome to The i Paper’s opinion series in which our writers and experts take a deeper look at the future for the Russian leader.

• Putin is getting more desperate. It won’t end well• Furious Putin is trapped in a gilded cage. Only death will free him• Putin and Xi’s bromance could fall apart – and it’s all down to Trump• Putin has made a vast strategic error. This relationship shows us why• The worst war the Soviets ever fought is now haunting Putin• Putin has turned Russia into a ‘crack cocaine’ economy – he’s trapped• Putin’s desperate fight for global influence is turning into a quiet disaster• Europe looks ready to fall into Putin’s cunning trap – again

At the top of the new prime minister’s inbox – almost certainly Andy Burnham – will be questions about what to do with Russia. The PM will undoubtedly receive military assessments about the likelihood of Britain being at war with Russia in five or 10 years. Such assessments, however, would be mistaken.

Vladimir Putin is using his intelligence services to wage an undeclared war against the West. His strategy is first to dismember Ukraine as an independent country, reducing it to a vassal Russian province. Second, Putin is doing everything he can to undermine and discredit Western alliances like Nato and the EU. His third strategic aim seems to be to bring other areas in Eastern Europe into Russia’s sphere of influence. It must be........

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