Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, comparing Russian President Vladimir Putin to 16th century Japanese warlord Oda Nobunaga. Abe has met Putin 27 times.
Putin is an extreme pragmatist, and fundamentally, he believes in power. I’d say he’s like a Sengoku (Warring States period) general. For example, if you told Oda Nobunaga to respect human rights, it wouldn’t work at all.
