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Many do this mistake to consider "Russia" instead of just Putin, those two entities interests do not align, so shit that might not make sense for Russia to do might make perfect sense for Putin to do.

We had the cases where instead of admitting that their warship was hit Putin regime pushed the narrative that it was just Russian incompetence.

So for sure it makes no sense for Russia to want their popes sabotage, but I am not sure about Putin, I can't understand his thinking, wither I am missing some information or his mind got corrupted by his own propaganda.

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It’s also a mistake to think that Putin is some kind of Czar with absolute ultimate power.

Please tell me who can stop Putin?

- the chances that the parliament can do it are zero

- the chances that the army can do it are small sicne he put in charge his incompetent but loyal people and has created his own military branch for his personal protection

- the chance that public protestsc could do it are also small

China has more influence on what Putin ca n\t do then Russians.

Putin doesn’t exist on his own and doesn’t act on his own. He has support from FSB, from capital, from right people there and there, he has influence. He can be removed and influenced by many many people. But you’re right with your assessments that nor parliament nor public protests can do shit with Putin and his goons.

It will not be easy for FSB to just remove him, they would need some convoluted plan and make sure someone would not tell Putin about it, on the other hand Putin can get any inconvenient individual poisoned or thrown of a window.

I could be wrong but FSB is kept in check by Putin private army branch, the main army is kept in check by the mercenaries, the mercenaries are controlled with money, the oligharchs are controlled with fear of FSB dudes killing them. So you would need all those to coordinate to eliminate Putin.

IMO largest changes would be a military intervention after Putin gives them some idiotic order like killing ethnic Russian civilians or some extreme suicide mission.

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