Putin's Message to the World: "we have absolutely no idea what we're doing."

Russian Officials Are Dangerously Out of Touch (Mark Adomanis) from Moscow Today [in English]
".. from the standpoint of the Russian "man on the street," who according to statistics will spend around 40 percent of his disposable income on food, Gaffner's comment is almost laughably out of touch. The fact that a politician would propose "eat less" as a solution suggests that the elite is pretty much out of ideas: it is tantamount to releasing a public statement that says "we have absolutely no idea what we're doing.""