Wishful thinking. Dictatorships only fall when a large percentage of the population rises up violently. The vast majority of Russians are drunk, depressed, and don’t have a frame of reference for wanting Democracy... especially more of the same Democracy that brought their dictator in anyway.
this is basically right, I think. Putin is unassailable personally and politically, and would not leave office even if every other Russian had starved to death.
In 2020, the murder rate in Russia was 4.7 per 100,000 people,
I suspect you are correct.
I was in the Gulf States during that time.
Russians were welcomed for a bit and they were pouring into Bahrain and Dubai.
But within a few months they were being thrown out.
The whores were given the well known one way boat rides into the Gulf while the men were matched off some where.
In my hotel lobby I witnessed several blooded Russians being dragged off in cuffs and leg ties.
I suspect you are correct.
I was in the Gulf States during that time.
Russians were welcomed for a bit and they were pouring into Bahrain and Dubai.
But within a few months they were being thrown out.
The whores were given the well known one way boat rides into the Gulf while the men were matched off some where.
In my hotel lobby I witnessed several blooded Russians being dragged off in cuffs and leg ties.
Is that how Hitler fell? No!
So your reason is not ever been the only way. And you can try to hide it but the Russian economy is almost done for.