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Vladimir Putin has seized the moment amid the exploding US-Iran war, positioning Russia as the geopolitical chess master while oil prices skyrocket past 30 percent with the Strait of Hormuz choked shut. According to Times Now World on March 18, Putin addressed Russian energy leaders, vowing a strategic pivot to slash oil and gas flows to the EU and redirect them to hungry Asian markets, a bombshell move that could ignite global recession fears and supercharge Moscow's war chest just as sanctions were biting hard. This comes hot on the heels of US sanctions relief on Russian crude, as GZERO Media reports on March 18, handing Putin a timely windfall after Russia's budget hemorrhaged from collapsed revenues, easing pressure to cut Ukraine spending and shelving austerity plans.

Earlier, on March 17, Times Now World detailed how a Kremlin-backed bill cleared a key commission, turbocharging Putin's power to deploy troops abroad to shield Russian citizens from arrests by courts like the ICC that Moscow scoffs at, a sly expansion of his global muscle-flexing doctrine now barreling toward State Duma approval. Business stayed brisk too, with Kremlin transcripts confirming Putin met Sberbank chief German Gref this week to toast the bank's stellar results, hitting nearly all three-year strategy targets despite the chaos.

No fresh public sightings since his March 12 Moscow appearance noted by Euronews, but whispers from Hindustan Times on March 16 swirl around Putin allegedly converting his infamous Black Sea palace into a bolt-hole for Iran's Mojtaba Khamenei, dodging US-Israeli spies in a juicy spy thriller twist—though unconfirmed and speculative. Analysts like Atlantic Council note the Iran mess boosts Putin's economy but dents his prestige after failing to back Tehran like they armed his Ukraine fight, while US Senator Angus King warns via Times of India it's Putin's biggest payday yet.

With talks stalling and Trump eyeing Putin for Ukraine peace to counter China per Politico, this week's plays cement Putin's biography as the unflappable survivor thriving on Western woes.

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