Going on a different tangent, I watched an interesting video [1] from The Behavior Panel podcast attempting to discern tactics from Putin's social cues in parallel to the trustworthiness of his messaging and, whether the historical context he provided were reliable or not.

I think I can reasonably conclude from watching their perspective that he's masterful in deception.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCXGQzuaNic

Do you think you should worry about Putin's social cues, or the one's our governance leaders give? Which is more meaningful in your life?

Always seeking to understand human behavior, when people say things to justify their otherwise contradictory actions. A simpler example would be reading HN from your own voice and not properly conveyed by others as human emotions are most often sterilized in text form.