The psychology of Putin: Psychiatrist reveals what’s really wrong with the Russian leader 

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Dude! Putin is just a mobster.

please dont use this "expert" again...

So here's a few take aways. Dr. Kenneth Dekleva feels that putin is a "genius" He see's Ukraine as an impending "failed state" He refers to Ukraine as "The Ukraine" lots of touting on how russian economy has actually grown (anything above zero is growth, its not a not an economic boom) may as well have had an interview with putin himself.

You can not let russia keep any territory as putin will just wait until he can rebuilt his military and then try again.

Not wishing to contradict Dr. Kenneth, Putin is perhaps not clinically mad, but he definitely is manifesting moral insanity.

He actually overestimates Putin's resiliency. He ran for cover during the mutiny.

When you have all the money, you want power. When you have all the power, you want legacy. This is his greatest weakness. His ego. It will be his downfall.

The west could have solved Putin and saved so many if they just opened their eyes and stopped rewarding bad behavior!

It is not “The Ukraine”, but Ukraine.

if left in 2012 he would’ve been considered the greatest Russian leader welcomed in many capitals? seriously? The war in Chechnya was an atrocious attempt to oppress the rebellious region which declared its independence. Thousands of innocent lives, towns burned to the ground, thousands refugees and countless war crimes, how is it possible to ignore those ?

This guy should stick to his area of expertise.

He can be very rational in his delusional world where he lives . He can be remember as a leader in Russia but in the ocidental world he will be spoke has a dictator a war criminal and afraid of loosing power. No one is immortal

Times Radio should find “experts” who are not fans of Putin.

The idea that Putin is a martial art master is ridiculous.

What a Putin fanboy

That Churchill's quote is often abused. If Russia is a riddle and enigma to you, ask those to whom it's not, e.g. Poland, Estonia, Ukraine etc.

Slipped a few times, saying "the Ukraine" - I expect this kind of bleak analysis from a Russian shill, and that's what his language reveals him to be.

So being a murderous psychopath doesn't mean you're crazy? Ok then.

Not much on Putin’ s psychology… This man seems to favour Russia. During the section negotiations he only mentioned who would be acceptable to Russia and not Ukraine, as if Russia is the only party which matters. Also, he referred to Ukraine as “The Ukraine” which the Ukrainians do not like because it implies that Ukraine is merely a geographical area, not a country.

I feel like this psychiatrist should not be talking as much about war strategy, general politics and economics as much as he is. He was asked the questions so simply answered but I would prefer to hear exclusively about his area of expertise.

Rational ??? BS. Completely mad. Psicopath for sure

There's no reason for Ukraine not to take Crimea back if it takes the land bridge.

I don't know that the Russian economy is growing, but if it is, it has a funny way of showing it since the Ruble is now worth less than a penny and only 0.93 Euro. Losing most of the value of your currency doesn't say "strong economy" to me, but what do I know, I only graduated from a state university so arithmetic is beyond me.

This guy has no clue what he’s talking about when it comes to what sanctions have done. Look at the price of the stinking ruble. I mean to say the sanctions have had no effect, and the Russian economy is growing, is simply asinine.

For my part, I believe there are three very questionable conclusions in this interview: 1) "Sanctions don't work." Of course they work, they just need to be much harder and much more thorougly implemented (imagine having no sanctions on Russia, that would be completely insane!) 2) "The Russian economy has grown." If you believe statistics from Rosstat, then I guess you believe anything coming from Putin... (neutral observers in the West appear to be of diametrically opposing opinion) 3) "Putin's popularity has rebounded." The harder Putin oppresses the Russian people, the higher his popularity numbers will be in the "polls", because who in their right mind wants to draw negative attention to themselves by criticising the "great impeccable leader" (as I highly doubt that answers can be kept anonymous)

He should not have used the term 'Russian speaking' Ukrainians in the Donbas but rather 'pro Russian Ukrainians'. Many Ukrainians speak Russian as a first language who are not from the Donbas and are very pro independent Ukraine and very anti Russia.

The US has given about $44b to Ukraine in military aid. That's 4 days of the US occupying Iraq, which the US did for 3000 days. Ridiculous to get worked over US military aid to Ukraine.

Psychiatrist are experts on pills and do not know much about the psyche. When he at the same time comes with absolute statements about the military situation I have had enough.

According to this guy we should just give Putin everything he wants because he is so "popular".

Dr. Devleka you are clearly not experienced in Forensic Psychiatry nor diplomacy.

I think Putin is like most if not all African leaders - they couldn't care how many of their top technical people (brain drain) would leave their country, as long as they the leaders can fill their pockets now. I am a white South African and I can see this happening in my country right now

When putin raised his nuclear alert status early on in the war when a US senator made fun of his appearance it told the world a massive amount of information about his insecurity and rationality. Given Russia's abysmal performance and strategy in Ukraine and where Russia is trending as a whole, I think the least appropriate word to describe putin is "rational". I think 75%+ of russians would agree with that if you could secretly poll them.

This guy simply admire and even love that mobster,out of question.

What you said about Ukraines president was beautiful. And I agree. Think your too kind to Putin. Think he's cracking and very scared. His troops are making daily, disgruntled videos, he knows the world sees it all.

Serious killer no respect for life

Putin and Lvova-Belova to the Hague.

Given the Goldwater Rule, we should take all interviews of this format with a grain of salt.

Yikes. This video won't age well, I assure you.

Referring Levada's polling gives away yet another Putin versteer

This guys says “sanctions haven’t work, Russia’s economy may be stronger than pre-war” Guess he hasn’t looked at the exchange rates recently??? Completely lost his credibility!

Remember what he had to do to even get into power?

I do not believe this "Psychiatrist" is also a world moderator of resolving this justice as to secure sovereignty of pre-2014 borders, justice or reparations.

How can you say he's not a madman, he's brilliant? No wonder people think psychiatrist are crazier than their patients.

Absorbed suffering? They internalize and create it!! Autobiography??? Are you kidding that you believe anything in a Putin autobiography?

The presenter needs to cull the phrase "you know" out of her speech. Almost every third sentence contains it, and its annoying and unprofessional. Nevertheless, a very interesting interview.

Intelligent; rational; ruthless. Isn't the phycological description "Psychopath"?

Do what i take away from this is that the interviewee is comfortable and frames things within a political and diplomatic viewfinder, and does not see the real possibility that things will go entirely badly - gradually and then all at once, as a writer has said somewhere - and the scene will change radically or fundamentally. He's got some good points within that but is fundamentally no military or historical genius imho.

Why is a psychiatrist giving their worst take on sanctions

Putom: rational but deluded. Driven by misguided ideas of history, unaware of the loyalties and interests of his subordoinates, fearful and reacting like a cornered rat. But a human and environmental tragedy that will take international efforts to repair.

You know, you know, you know, you know this is radio.

Pootin also was a person with a lot of personal insecurities and jealousy to others. He never had successful career at KGB times and was lucky to be appointed assistant of st Petersburg major, where he was caring a case for a boss. And about the economy. Yes it held better than projected but definitely not better generally. Dollar cost reached 100 rubbles today 😁

One thing about scholars, they think everything can be studied, justified, rationalized or excused. They overthink things. Sometimes, it becomes a weakness that irrational people exploit in rational people. A mad man is a mad man. Thus, thou shall have a taste of his/her medicine. Case closed. Next!!!

I have to say, the more I watch Morgan conduct these interviews, the more impressed with her I am. She is always well prepared and asks very good, probing questions.

This psych has some obvious bias, like he tried to pass off a lie about the US opinion about sending weapons to Ukraine & this person should not be speaking on our behalf...

He's a medical and psychological analyst... not a political or economic analysts. The questions were too broad, and he spoke without any true expertise on issues outside his sphere. Outside of that psychological expertise, his opinions are just that, and not worth all that much compared to many others who understand the Russian Ukrainian political and economic situation much, much better.

August 13, 2023. I personally think and believe that the present Russian Federation President, Mr. Vladimir Putin, has been psychologically affected by the collapse of the erstwhile Soviet Union in 1991 and he dreams of annexing the lost territories of the Soviet Union, to unite these lost territories to the Russian Federation along with Ukraine once again, so that it becomes Soviet Union once again and a Superpower of the world and globe once again. Take Care. Regards Sandeep R. Sehgal😃😃

Putin may be able to turn Ukraine into a failed state, he has a lot of experince from turning Russia into one...😲😂

12:57 I call B$ that the Russian economy has grown in the last year. That's utter nonsense. With the falling rouble, its meager exports earn more in terms of rubles than before, but not more in dollars. New car sales still down over 90%, and passenger jet traffic is reducing due to maintenance.

A lot of the comments posted here show more insight into the status of Putin and his genocidal war than either this 'journalist' or psychiatrist. Dr. Dekleva did not bring any new insights into the criminal mind of Putin, in fact he spent very little time on evaluating Putin's mindset, the rest of the interview was his political, and military speculations on Ukraine's future. Poor journalism.

I have doubts that the Russian economy is doing great. Corruption is flourishing, the soldiers aren’t paid and the ruble is at a low where it hasn’t been for a long time. If I see Putin he looks sad. That suits him right and I hope that Russian civilians are getting fed up with him, preferably this year! Ukraine is advancing slowly but I think there doing a great job. And it is a shame that there is, again a delay in giving the F16 fighter jests. Slava Ukraine, Heroyam slava!

Well that one was out of touch

@ Times Radio Your commentator has a very Russian slant from his recommendations. He is clearly a far right Republican who is not in line with EU thinking and the real threat that Russia presents.

To be honest after reading the comments its quite obvious that they have move insightful analysis of Putins mind then this man.

Anti-socials are unfortunately are hyper rational and therefore highly effective in their cruelty rather than irrational.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING REALLY AS A WAR CRIME. ALL ACTS OF MURDEROUS VIOLENCE ARE A WAR CRIME, WITHOUT ANY HIERARCHY OF THE WEAPON.

Bill Burns is a long-term Putin fan. Following his advice re: Putin benefits mainly Putin.

Why is this woman not asking this guy to stick with his expertise?

"Sadly neither side is winning" i stopped listening after he said this

He is 100% wrong when he says a slight majority of Americans are not in favor of giving aid. Its around 80% in favor of!! This guy is just out of his element

He has to say Zelensky is a great leader (and he is, up there with Churchill) but when he veers off nuttily trying to make out that Putin is a completely sane and rational master strategist I know that this psychiatrist has some psychological problems of his own.

Negotiations that reward Putin with anything more than he had right after he took Crimea would naturally be played by him as victory. Thus rewarded, he would be encouraged to do more of the same when he thought the time was right.

How can Times Radio have someone who says “you know” so often?

When I grow up I want to be a captain hindsight armchair general psychologist

The kids of Ukraine will show you what a failed state is 😂 wait for it! How dare you! Ukraine will show the world what are the capabilities!

He’s a psychologist but you ask him questions about military strategy. Why? Times radio always asks people with no related background, to speculate on the outcome of the war. He describes the Ukrainian counter offensive as “stalled”. He needs to look at history. No doubt he’d have described the 1944 d-day landings as “stalled”. Capturing defended land without air support is a slow process. It is NOT stalled.

The interview would benefit from less use of "you know" in the questions...

this guy is naive, although he does understand how brutal Putin is. Ruble is extremely devalued; Russian economy has not grown.

It seems like he isn't talking about his area of expertise at all, and he knows less than an average well informed person about the things he is talking about.

Once again medical doctors are evaluating patients from a distance in violation of their oath.

36:12 If Russia's turning away from Europe and towards the Global South, why are car sales down 90%? Why not just buy cars from firms in India and China? Answer: Russia can't even afford those thanks to the sanctions that you say are ineffective.

My wish every piece of land of Ukraine should be returned to Ukraine. Negotiation should be on on some part of how the Russian has to rebuild Ukraine and not to ever do that again.

“Had Putin retired in 2012 he would have been seen as one of the greatest Ruzzian leaders”….Ruzzia has a very low bar.

When you have small mans syndrome, and are a physically weak wimp, all you want is what you don't have...power.

It's hard to take anyone seriously that says the sanctions haven't been working.

I can’t understand how anyone could possibly think that there is any form of good in this sub human

Those three "R's" (Ruthless, Resilient, Rational) devolve to a malign narcissism that has its basis in mortification and its covering with a projection of an undamaged self. One might call that theater "resilient" but the methods involved are as Putin presents: delusional, grandiose, messianic. He appears also (I would say "to me", but I'll admit to being a nobody out here in cyberspace) without boundaries, conscience, or limits. Our normative take on political "rationality" isn't that it's icy cold, greedy, and logical but that it reasoning has normal (or "normative") human qualities, including the brakes that expressed in common give us working cultures and societies and perhaps despite the presence of these peacocks we refer to as dictators. Be all of that as it may,I would love to hear a "rational" interpretation of "Operation Storm in Moscow" AKA "Moscow Apartment Bombings" that would not call the same an extraordinary crime rooted in narcissistic pathology.

16:48 At this point the war will not be over when Russia pulls out completely. It will only be over when Russia pays reparations, which now are on the order of over a year of Russia's GDP. Putin will not pay that, therefore a frozen conflict is guaranteed. That is the best-case scenario. Putin's successor can walk away from the war but not from the reparations, which I imagine will be extracted by the outside world, as a tax on Russian trade for 3-4 decades.

I lack the expertise of a psychiatrist, and delving into the analysis of Putin appears to be an unproductive pursuit. Putin is an established KGB agent, homed in his training, and this fact stands without dispute. The KGB agents were groomed as unbounded enforcers, backed by the former regime's complete endorsement. On December 25, 1991, as the Soviet hammer and sickle flag were lowered for the final time above the Kremlin, they acted without restraint. Putin's ascent to power took a clandestine route, and from 1999 onward, he has consistently occupied positions of authority as either Russia's President or Prime Minister. Over the past 23 years, his reign has been characterized by unceasing devastation and numerous fatalities, exemplified by events like Ukraine, all while he remains ensconced in his secure bunker. Putin has revealed his cowardice; a case in point was when Prigozhin was moving to Moscow, and Putin hastily sought refuge in a safer location. His actions brand him as a war criminal of genocidal proportions, necessitating his capture and subsequent handover to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for prosecution, just as any other criminal would be treated.

Psychiatrists allways talk too much ,and charge you an arm and a leg for his time......

The ultimate Narcissist

The ‘leased’ Russian military base in Crimea was the foothold that Russia needed to conduct its takeover in 2014. That suggestion would go down like a lead balloon I’d think.

Ok, after a few personal disagreements with the guest, I drew the line at the lack of effect of sanctions. Has he not been made aware of the recent rapid devaluation of the Ruble?? And there are many other leading indicators that Russia is in serious financial peril... But, regardless, another uninformed pundit, so I'm out...

Another lackadaisical dilletante happy to come on the airwaves, muchly to hear his own voice, probably an equal part publicizing his services - or a book - by sounding expert but covering all theoretical bases to obviate the chance of being wrong. He discusses Putain's psychological make-up and exhorts the people whose actions count (or at least matter) in this war not to write Putain off as madman. I don't think any serious person has done that. Bill Browser has called him "psychotic" which I happen to agree is probably the most accurate single word descriptor. Psychosis may well involve structural or chemical alteration from "the normal" but I do not feel that nowadays the two words are exact synonyms. Madman suggests someone wholly at the mercy of any and every thought or feeling. Such a person would not last long in the Kremlin. A psychopath is an altogether cooler, much more calculated and strategic operator. Because that detachment allows for time and space and different factions to be considered. The rhetoric and the rationales may be utter hooey but much as I loathe the man and his ways, there seems little wrong with his calculus in theory - I for one, can easily see how discussions (even just with himself) fell square into the camp of "no contest'. It seems neither unreasonable, overly optimistic or deluded for Putain to have anticipated that a major operation against Ukraine would be a foregone conclusion. Probably Yanukovych would have gone back and carried out the Putain mission as per 2013. In other words, be a miserable, grey former Soviet satellite state a bumble along in a thoroughly corrupt manner, doing nothing for the people yet somehow they always seem pleased, even as a third of them can contemplate their "great fortune of being Russians and with Putain as leader" while doing their business in the dunny down the bottom of the garden. People keep telling me it's the years of indoctrination but I just don't believe that. After all, very little about the queues of hundreds of thousands of Russians leaving the motherland last 😮year spoke loudly of people in any way less than fully undeluded about the state of awfulness under Eussia

The US does not have any business telling Ukraine when to give up. We don't have any business dragging our feet and telling them what and how they can fight. I am disgusted with my own government that they withheld air superiority. I don't think Ukraine should ever forgive us.

I can't imagine Ukraine wanting to negotiate ANYTHING after all they have lost and suffered.

Really looking forward to a programme on the psychology of "Times Radio". It should be a great laugh !! 😁 😄

"Whistle while you work, Putler is a berk. He's half barmy, so is his army, whistle while you work"

The real tragedy of this war/SMO is that the collective west is not giving Ukraine the necessary tools to get the Russians out of all their territory. That would make all the weak-kneed speculation moot.

Endless proppa Ganda Bruv