“The ‘cornered rat’ theory” – Adewale Sobowale

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In a recent piece for Grid, Russian journalist Stanislav Kucher cited a well–known story from Putin’s childhood in which the future president cornered a rat with a stick in the stairwell of his apartment building, only for the animal to lash out and begin chasing him. The lesson is that you never underestimate an opponent who has no choice but to fight back.

Grid, Sept.,21 2022

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