I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means.
Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power.
It is not I who have lost the Athenians, but the Athenians who have lost me.