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What a disappointing guy. The least he could have done was take out Putin before he died.
If Putin dies you're not getting someone nicer, you're getting someone significantly worse. Of the United Russia party he's pretty much a moderate force within the party compared to the alternatives. And there isn't any other party that would magically assume power if he died.
I Wish the CPRF was based and epic
We all do, there's definitely a faction within it that's pretty good but the top is dogshit. They wouldn't win if Putin was killed though, political assassinations tend to boost support for the parties that receive them, only really worthwhile when it would hurt a party organisationally such as small parties where one person can be very critical. But that's not happening with any massive party.
What if they did take over would you move to Russia and live in the communist “paradise?”
The USSR wasn't a paradise (communism isn't magic) but it was better than anything in Russia before or since. It's not like turning to capitalism in the 90s made the country a utopia.
So yes?
Nah, he's just another Russia's tzar, this time under a different name, but still tzar. And when he dies, shit is gonna go down in Russia. And I personally can't wait to watch it. No one is replacing Putin for quite some time after he's done. Maybe on paper, but in reality Russia will be all kinds of fucked. Have I mentioned already that I'm looking forward to it?
I mean, he did try a coup that failed miserably because he had no support. Even if he would have want to try to kill Putin, there’s no reason to believe he was capable of it
Watch him showing up at Kremlin proclaiming himself Peter the Great reborn.