[jb6]

Let the argument stand: if Nicholas II had stayed on the throne, Soviet Terror, Nazi Germany, WW2, Korean War, Chinese Revolution, Vietnam, Cambodia, the Cold War, etc would never have happened. 130 million people would have been able to live, the present state of leftest American decay would not have proceeded and the present EU monstrocity that is growing into a future Fourth Reich beast to be slain would not have been there.

One can say that a constitutional monarchy in Russia is not a bad thing.

[Centurion2000]

One can say that a constitutional monarchy in Russia is not a bad thing.

Actually I think it would be a good thing for Russia. A strong executive leader with a VESTED interest in seeing his country prosper can be a good role model for the other failing states in that region.