Mutiny in Russia?

Putin is more popular than ever in Russia, but that didn't stop western media getting all excited that a coup was on the cards this week. 

The reality is that western governments/media would actually be totally cool with Russia being run by a genuine Hitler figure, providing he/she was under the western thumb. There's a long history of the west installing/supporting compliant dictators. They tried to turn Putin into one back in the 2000s but he resisted, so they started demonising him as the devil incarnate and I guess now they’re willing to try their luck with anyone? Even total madmen who might be far more trigger happy with nuclear weapons. Desperate lunatics.