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Re:Thank you Wise for blocking our business account by Mikeb85 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @11:03AM (#30601400)

It's still "Russians knocking off their leadership".

People aren't expecting Russians on the street to get rid of Putin. They're expecting that it will cause pressure on other Russian leaders to side with Russians and the West over Putin...

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Re:Thank you Wise for blocking our business account by Andrew_nenakhov on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @11:06AM (#30601440)

There are no 'other russian leaders'. Putin's political theater before the war was clearly aimed to make any russian official of note into an accomplice, publicly supporting the invasion. They have all made their bones and are all sanctioned by the EU and world countries now. So this course of events is highly unlikely.

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Re:Thank you Wise for blocking our business account by ceejayoz on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @11:14AM (#30601572)

Part of the risk of being a strongman-style leader is there's always someone waiting in the wings, and they don't have to have been previously prominent.

"Why are coups always led by colonels?" https://foreignpolicy.com/2010/02/22/why-are-coups-always-le...

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Re:Thank you Wise for blocking our business account by Mikeb85 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @11:24AM (#30601721)

There always is someone willing to cut a deal to save themselves... And the west will facilitate it.

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