Given what Putin's done with this once before I consider the derision that the leopard will change his spots suddenly as opposed to finding a new faux resignation followed by ostentatious re-instatement entirely justified.

Sometimes I do when my conclusions are knee-jerk and my reactions likewise.

I don't consider this to be one of those times. The idea that he's actually going to resign or do anything different to what he did before with the last time this topic came up is about as naive as well....all the other times that foreigners assumed the Russian despots won't take the precise steps they've openly and blatantly done before.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/25/world/europe/putin-resigns-from-party-post.html