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depends how putin goes. if he dies the prime minister becomes acting president, in this case that would be Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin. If he is couped it could be Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov, the head of the army. Really its up in the air though, as we don't know who in his government would take the opportunity.Let's have a little "what if" here, let's say something happens and putin is gone. Is it more likely that someone actually "worse" than Putin takes over? Who would likely fill that void? I have no real idea, i don't know much at all about russia. Isn't someone pulled into that power vacuum bound to be a bit more hostile towards the west, believing that putin was assassinated (doesn't matter if he was or not for the first few weeks/months in power). Wouldn't anyone less hardline against the west than Putin be seen as some puppet installed by the west and likely to be overthrown in short order?
Wouldn't putin dying be sort of a rally cry for Russia to gather around. I know all the polls (yeah, polls in russia are mostly bullshit, i get it) have seemed to have a pretty good approval rating of Putin.
I guess what i'm asking, isn't the devil you know always gonna be better?
And what about Putin going into some bunker, and playing up the idea that he is dead, as a way to smoke out any real usurpers be a good idea?
Biden is fucking retarded for even mentioning this stupid shit.
Imo if Putin is taken out, Russia will start to look a lot more like Belarus.