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Related: About this forumPutin Just Destroyed Russia's Future. Every Successor Eliminated. Final Days - The Russian Dude
Russias future has officially been buried under the weight of Putins obsession with eternal rule. This isnt about stability or powerits about a man who sees any potential successor as a death sentence to his own reign. From Andrey Turchaks humiliating exile to the Altai Republic, to Nikolai Patrushev being stripped of his shadow monarch image and reduced to a meaningless shipbuilding aide, every so-called heir has been chewed up and discarded. Even Aleksey Dyumin, once painted as the loyal bodyguard-turned-general and Putins mythical savior, has been neutered into a powerless secretary role. And Sergei Ivanov? Once a contender for the throne, now forgotten, reduced to protecting leopards as if he never existed.
The message is clear: in Putins Russia, succession equals destruction. Every potential replacement becomes a threat, and every threat must be neutralizedby exile, humiliation, or complete irrelevance. This is why Dmitry Medvedev survives only by turning himself into a clown, making sure he never looks dangerous enough to be eliminated. But the long-term cost is catastrophic. Russia now has no heirs, no transition plan, no future beyond the man in the Kremlin. When Putin finally exits the stage, the vacuum will unleash chaos, infighting, and power grabs by criminal networks and military factions. The so-called final countdown has begun, and its not about who takes overits about whats left of Russia when theres nothing and no one left to inherit it.
This is the point of no return for Putins Russia, where destroying every successor isnt clever politics but self-destruction disguised as control.
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Putin Just Destroyed Russia's Future. Every Successor Eliminated. Final Days - The Russian Dude (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
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ThoughtCriminal
(14,634 posts)1. I watched "The Death of Stalin" last week
It was a dark satire, not a documentary, so historical accuracy was not a concern - but it may turn out to be prophetic.
I think that when his time comes, there is going to be a convoy of clown-car antics at the Kremlin.
Cha
(314,089 posts)2. And, guess who wants to be
just like the political assassin, Putin?