Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 9 days agoZelenskyy Declares: “Putin Will Die Soon” Amid Rumors of Russian Leader’s Failing Healththesarkariform.comexternal-linkmessage-square213fedilinkarrow-up1724arrow-down113
arrow-up1711arrow-down1external-linkZelenskyy Declares: “Putin Will Die Soon” Amid Rumors of Russian Leader’s Failing Healththesarkariform.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 9 days agomessage-square213fedilink
minus-squarechaogomu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 days agoStalin tried to enforce the Lenin treatment for himself… It doesn’t always stick. The next person to gain power is 100% going to clean house, because the Russian government is a pit of back biting vipers.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 days agoYou’re not worried that Putin is really just a puppet for all the oligarchs running the place now? Seems likely they’ll pick a new puppet.
minus-squareTuukka R@sopuli.xyzMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoA puppet is someone whose actions are fully steered from the outside. Putin is a person chosen by KGB/FSB because he makes decisions that are very useful its leaders, but he retains a large amount of autonomy.
minus-squarechaogomu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoThey’re all in it together, but the ones less loyal to Putin have a habit of dying. Putin has had a bunch of them killed. There’s a great podcast called Sad Oligarch that goes over it all. So yeah, Putin is not currently a puppet ruler.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoGood to know, I’ll check out that podcast. It sounds pretty interesting.
Stalin tried to enforce the Lenin treatment for himself…
It doesn’t always stick.
The next person to gain power is 100% going to clean house, because the Russian government is a pit of back biting vipers.
You’re not worried that Putin is really just a puppet for all the oligarchs running the place now? Seems likely they’ll pick a new puppet.
A puppet is someone whose actions are fully steered from the outside.
Putin is a person chosen by KGB/FSB because he makes decisions that are very useful its leaders, but he retains a large amount of autonomy.
They’re all in it together, but the ones less loyal to Putin have a habit of dying.
Putin has had a bunch of them killed.
There’s a great podcast called Sad Oligarch that goes over it all.
So yeah, Putin is not currently a puppet ruler.
Good to know, I’ll check out that podcast. It sounds pretty interesting.