Initially, I thought that Putin was just an evil thug. But, I'm beginning to think that he has paranoid schizophrenia as well. The way he sits far away from other people etc. Wouldn’t be surprised if he decided to use a nuke.
There is some suggestion that he is a huge germaphobe and also unvaccinated, so he is concerned about 'rona. This has been around for at least a couple of years now.
Russia is basically the new mongoł empire since Moscow's rise to power comes directly from Golden Horde and shitloads of Mongol clans changed their name to Russian and became aristocracy there.
Ouch, huge blow. They always wanted Istanbul but since they couldn't get it they were happy with the passage. Now when it's closed their navy are sitting ducks basically, plus their trade is closed too, that's crazy.
It seems it's only regarding some ships and it's not in their national interest to cut them off eventhough they don't support the war. So it's not that drastic as I first thought.