Just realized that Russians will not turn on Putin en masse. People in the West forget that this is the leader who brought stability and safety to a post-Soviet lawless country. The USSR collapsed in 1991 and he assumed the presidency in 2000. Basically everyone expect for the children and young adults have experienced those dark times.

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Yes. Many people love Putin. The way he brought stability is questionable, as are the outcomes. Much of Russia is still insanely poor and living in Soviet era mass housing with shared spaces and don’t know better.

There is a question of whether Putin is very sick right now. In recent videos, he’s looked less strong. Could be a ruse, but it would help explain some of the end-game, or lack thereof.

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So he undertook these actions knowing full well that he bears the ultimate responsibility. Then when he passes his successor can take power without being blamed for a high risk strategy that failed. That sounds strangely logical.

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Many Russian people dislike Putin, but they are unarmed and have the police and military working against them. You see them being beaten up at the anti-war protests or even back when Navalny was Putin's main critic, and Nemtsov before that. These sanctions will just cause the Russian government to strengthen ties with China and now 3 Billion people (along with India) will be trading in non-petrodollars.

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People wont be able to turn against him. Venezuela is the best example of an economy completely wiped out by sanctions and its elites still remain in power living in just as much decadence as before. Its the people who will suffer in the end.

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Until the economy actually collapses, which will take a few more weeks, there’s no reason for them to do so, especially when the Russian government has tight control over what information is accessible to the public.

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Russia also imports medicine. There will be some tragedy from this, and maybe more if Russia cannot restructure their economy well. There are a lot of changes in everything if their markets crash, and the work must be done quickly to avoid fear.

I can agree that he brought some stability, but how in the hell hasn’t he been able to bring Russia, a huge behemoth of a country, to have a higher GDP than the state of Florida is well beyond me.

The natural resources alone should provide so much more money and opportunity to Russia. They should be, easily, a top 10 country, in terms of GDP.

The dude is guilty of war crimes and should die by firing squad, after 5 years of hard, back breaking labor.

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But Russia is the 10th largest country by GDP in the world ?

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