[Chad_the_Impaler]

There were attempted coups against both Gorbachev and Yeltsin. So using that measure of recent Russian history, infighting is more probable than not.

[EEGator]

If that’s so, I would say it’s more likely a man willing to crush his enemies would rise.

For fun:
“What is best in life?”
“To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.”