Putin is a bad strategist. If Western politicians believe that he is guided by profit, then they are mistaken. It is wrong and impossible to negotiate with him, primarily because he is not interested in mutually beneficial cooperation - he is interested in power. And if for the sake of power it is necessary to wipe out all the cities in Ukraine from the face of the earth, he will do it. If for the sake of power it is necessary to create an artificial energy crisis, he will do it.