The last 48 hours have witnessed a dizzying amount of potentially world changing events in Russia with a reported coup taking place and being averted. What actually happened is the question on everyone’s mind. The truth is the people that would know aren’t speaking and the rest of us are speculating. I was bombarded with questions regarding this, but aside from stating how obviously dangerous the situation was, I withheld comment. There was just too much uncertainty to weigh-in without the comments bordering on being so unsupported it would be unethical and potentially cause unnecessary panic. Now that events have taken some type of actual shape, I feel more comfortable speaking on at least the big picture. The specific events and details are still too murky to do much more than make guesses. As such, I want to speak to only what I can articulate with a logical rationale to provide you with some perspective.