I know a guy who got called to dc from time to time as an expert.
He told me a freshman congressman on his first day in office once threatened to fire the secretary who had served his district for 20+ years.
The next day his office was without furniture and she had quit.
He had to rehire her and apologize after spending a day retrieving his offices content for an entire day.
North Korea's joining the war and fighting on the side of Russia kills any chance of putin claiming he's nothing like a communist dictator.