И если нет, то какой смысл в его расследовании?
http://inosmi.ru/politic/20171213/240991496.html
In one of the least surprising political events of the year, Vladimir Putin announced Dec. 6 that he would seek reelection as Russia’s president in March 2018. With Alexei Navalny, the anti-corruption campaigner, barred from running due to a dubious criminal conviction, Putin faces no real opposition and is all but assured of remaining Russian leader until 2024.
https://www.csis.org/analysis/pacnet-89-shinzo-and-vladimir-show-set-continue
Russia's strongman president has many Americans convinced of his manipulative genius. He's really just a gambler who won big.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/01/putins-game/546548/
https://republic.ru/posts/88333
https://focus.ua/opinions/386931/
http://intersectionproject.eu/ru/article/russia-europe/politizaciya-severnogo-potoka-2-v-germanii
http://carnegie.ru/2017/12/12/ru-pub-74975
http://www.ng.ru/world/2017-12-12/2_7134_putin.html
http://www.ng.ru/armies/2017-12-12/100_obzor121217.html
http://www.dsnews.ua/world/tretya-popytka-chto-meshaet-putinu-vyvesti-voyska-iz-sirii-12122017220000