And those who are praying for Putin’s demise think some kinder gentler ruler is going to take his place.
I was hoping the new power structure would dump Iran.
This is a common misconception, the idea that "Muzzie sympathizers" weren't already in control. Or, maybe not sympathizers, but people who use Islam as a weapon against the West. Defectors like the late Alexader Litvinenko, to Pacepta, Golitsyn, and still many others, have all noted that Russia is knee-deep in world-wide Islamic terrorism. Litvinenko, who was the one killed with Polonium 210, even declared that he knew, first hand, that Al-Qaeda's number two (now number one) was trained in Dagestan by the FSB for half a year. When it comes to the political and technological support Russia provides for Iran, there is not much else to think about.
I don't know if you're aware, but Russian state controlled media periodically accuses the United States of being behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Why? It's projection. In fact, 99 percent of everything they accuse us of is projection of their own doings.
Yea, that could be Geydar Dzhemal.