The then mayor was Anatoly Sobchak, who died in 2000. This is what Wikipedia has to say about Sobchaks death:
On 17 February 2000, Putin met with Sobchak and urged him to travel to Kaliningrad to support his election campaign.[14] Sobchak traveled there, accompanied by two assistants who also served as his bodyguards.[b] On 20 February 2000, Sobchak died suddenly in the town of Svetlogorsk in Kaliningrad Oblast. The initial suspected cause of death was a heart attack, but the findings of two medical experts were contradictory.[16][17] A criminal investigation of Sobchak’s death as a possible “premeditated murder with aggravating circumstances” was opened only on 6 May 2000, more than two months later. After three months, the investigation was closed without a finding. The Democratic Union party led by Valeria Novodvorskaya made an official statement that not only Sobchak, but also two of his aides had heart attacks simultaneously, which indicated poisoning.[19] Two other men were present with Sobchak during his death, but their names were not publicly disclosed.
Putin said very little in the Raseborg villa. He did ask one question: what would happen if “one and a half million Russians”
Putin always had thoughts of war and conquest, he was always going to do something at the scale of Ukraine. I think he chose to do it now because he knows his time is almost up.
Also this article is telling but it is something that was always apparent to anyone paying attention. Putin is an awkward nerd and probably always had issues connecting with people and had a weird fixation with his ambitions of power. Dude is probably on the spectrum.
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