(https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... -convinced) The publication writes, that the Russian elite is in a mood of despondency and that even conditional "optimists" see the "frozen" conflict as the best available outcome for the Kremlin. This opinion was expressed by 7 anonymous sources, noting that they are "tired of the war", but "they do not want to oppose Putin."
The elite sees the best-case scenario for negotiations at the end of the year that would make the war "frozen" and allow Putin to declare a "pyrrhic victory."
