Telegraph: “There are certainly voices which express that he should keep going, but I think the voices which, let’s say, urge [him] to maybe reconsider the situation are becoming stronger and stronger.”
Rosin adds: “What he has, at this point, are only bad options. And each decision he makes has different risks for him. So the decision to continue has the risk that with the heavy losses and the economic situation, the internal problems and tensions in Russia mount.
“That might have, at some point in the future, an impact on his political future, if people around him come to the conclusion… that it is better to continue without him…