Idk. Who is calling him "Putin's brain"? Western media or Russians? The whole thing sounds like it's made to imply Putin doesn't have his own brain and needs someone else to do the thinking -- which just sounds very Jewish and typical of the western media establishment.
Is it spin or an outright distortion of reality. Who can say?
I'm not very familiar with the matter. I'm not saying you're wrong.
Idk, the only way to find out is to read russia today in english eventually, I think
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