Russia vs the West: Is Putin winning?

"It's true to say that President Putin is confident that he can outlast the West and so it's incumbent on us to show the resolve to prove him wrong," said a senior official from a Western country, asking not to be named.

In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin addresses the audience during the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow on February 8, 2024. (Photo by AFP)