Commentary If Russian President Vladimir Putin looks over his shoulder, he might see Nikita Khrushchev. On Oct. 13, 1964, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) ousted First Secretary Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev from power in a soft coup. In an “emergency meeting” in the Kremlin, it was “suggested” to Khrushchev that he resign his positions as first secretary and chairman of the Council of Ministers. The Central Committee and the Presidium accepted Khrushchev’s “voluntary request” the next day, and an end was put to his “erratic behavior” and secretiveness as the leader of the Soviet Union. In recent days, Putin has also been accused by foreigners of “erratic behavior.” From The Hill, “Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘seems erratic,’ adding he has an ‘ever-deepening, delusional rendering of history.'” Her opinion is increasingly shared by others in the U.S. …