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    “Il successore di Putin potrebbe essere peggiore”, afferma un prigioniero russo liberato

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    1. JoyfulJourneyer14 on

      ofc, it will be same shitty tyrant as putin.
      It’s like discovering that the next leader of China or Korea will be another despot….

      nihil novi

    2. pothkan on

      No shit, Sherlock. Putin isn’t a core problem, existence of Russia as a country is. There will be no peace unless it’s dissolved into multiple, smaller countries – which hopefully would focus on development and prosperity of their citizens.

    3. IndistinctChatters on

      This is exactly what I am saying to all those naive persons who think that after putin, russia will turn magically into a democratic and peaceful country.

    4. Eminence_grizzly on

      He could be worse, he could be better, he could be the same. We don’t know that.

      What we do know is that he will be **weaker** at the beginning of his reign.

    5. Willing-Donut6834 on

      Après moi le déluge ! This is a tired line from tired dictators trying to maintain their grip on their waning power. Don’t fall for it. Putin and his people are the ones responsible for the war and its crimes, no hypothetical future tyrant. He is the tyrant, right before our very eyes.

    8. Oerthling on

      I’m tired of the “Putin’s successor is going to be worse” argument. It’s irrelevant. One day he’ll have a heart attack and drop dead anyway. The successor will be worse or not. We’ll eventually find out, guaranteed.

      Meanwhile this argument certainly helps Putin. And Putin doesn’t deserve help.

    10. Amadey on

      so russian “opposition” after the exchange:

      * drop the sanctions, ordinary russians are struggling!
      * we should respect russian sovereignty (the question about Creamia)
      * putin’s successor could be worse

      it needs no comments

    11. acatnamedrupert on

      Who cares!

      We will beat Putin just as we will beat any successor that tries to mess with Europe.

    12. didierdechezcarglass on

      And so could he be better for us. Like Gorbachev. What matters is the dictatorship is brought down

    14. Great-Ass on

      More dangerous, maybe, more easy to assassinate? who knows. With a tighter grib on power than Putin? Who knows.

    15. ChungsGhost on

      So what’s the implication of this Russian “liberal”? That we should adopt [learned helplessness like the everyday Russian](https://granta.com/russia-verge-nervous-breakdown/) and just tell the Ukrainians to suck it up after yet another Russian air raid or zerg-rush?

      Is this “liberal” insinuating that Someone Else™ (i.e. the West) has to do to the hard and dirty work (invasion and occupation of Russia?) to minimize the chance of Putin’s successor possibly being worse?

      Far be it from Russians *themselves* doing their part to purge themselves of their perverse and centuries-old attraction to a societal comfort zone that involves reverence of a “President”, General Secretary, Czar, Czarina or Great Khan.

    16. inokentii on

      Zero days without so-called “good” russians spreading kremlin propaganda narratives😁

    18. prof_atlas on

      Worse how, exactly?

      He’s the epitome of sick KGB worldview. He’s giving 110% in Ukraine and still can’t win. Russian economy is in the toilet. Russian demographics are near unrecoverable. He threatens nukes every other week.

      You don’t stay with an asshole because you’re afraid of meeting another asshole – you tell them it’s over, we’re breaking up with you, Vladimir, so put on your heels and ride shirtless out of town (to the hague).

    19. terra_filius on

      we’ll deal with him when he comes, now we need to deal with Putin

    20. SlyScorpion on

      It’s gonna be Yeltsin 2.0 followed by another Putin as is tradition by now…

    21. Golda_M on

      Why is Russian politics always so G*d##m mysterious? Ukraine and Belarus are never quite as obtuse. Politics have always been as legible as any.

      Who are even the major factions in Russia?

    23. lostindanet on

      Ultra nationalistic warlords and ultra corrupt warlords will be the problem, the black market for radioactive warheads and materials will be the real issue, more than pipelines and such.

    25. Sekhen on

      But they wouldn’t have the clout to dictate as much.

      If things get even worse, it will get very hard for the new guy.

    26. TrailJunky on

      So, if they wanna party, we will bring the beer and the NATO response force.

    27. uzu_afk on

      Putin’s successor could be just as bad – says rando living in a tree house. See? I can do this too.

    28. Raffney on

      Hard to imagine how it could get much worse.

      I mean he already is attacking other countries. Tries to destabilize the west as much as possible, is killing opposition left and right and destroys anything democratic in russia.

      What is worse? Dropping the nuke? Is that this old russian rhetoric again?

    29. Manul_Supremacy on

      It’s almost like all released russian “””prisoners””” (btw look at Ukrainians after prisoner exchanges to see what actual russian prisoners look like) were putin’s plants that began spreading his narratives the moment they left the plane.

    30. spring_gubbjavel on

      It’s just going to be the same shit. Russia isn’t an extension of Putin, rather Putin is what russia sees when it looks in the mirror. When putin croaks, it’ll still be russia looking in the mirror. Nothing will change. The silver lining, though, will be that when he is gone it’ll be one less person who wants us all dead. But we must remember that he is just one of them.

    32. lawrotzr on

      Yup. I have always been against the idea that killing or a dying Putin would change anything. Russia is a criminal state that first has to fall (and then not just its president) before it can ever move on. Historically, it has always had criminal regimes – maybe with a few exceptions.

      So our Western assumption that it will get better once Putin is gone is wishful thinking. Imo, the country first had to collapse to then be reorganized in such a way it will have no major power any more (cut it up maybe in independent states?), then at least we don’t have to worry about it any more.

    33. Evilscotsman30 on

      The only way that will happen is if his successor is the kurgan lol.

    34. TheDungen on

      Time in power confers legitimacy. Putin’s successor might be crazier than he is but he will also have to chose between purging the Russian ranks of those who’s loyalties aren’t certain which weakens the abilities of the Russian state. or leaving a lot of people in place who may be thinking “I should have been the one to succeed Putin”.

    35. BootsanPants on

      Putin should have spent all this time and money setting up the Russian state for success once he is gone, by reducing corruption and trying to move to a more democratic system, instead of one of bribes, corruption and fear. That could have been a very respectable legacy, instead he’s got an international warrant for his arrest and NK + Iran as his only allies.

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