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Originally Posted by OldDutch
This has to be the beginning of the end for Putin. I feel things will happen suddenly and we wake up to the news any day now.
The problem is what comes next. Does Russia even know how to do anything else?
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Probably Medvedev or Lavrov, but I'm just throwing darts.
I have to think that no matter who the successor is, they immediately distance themselves from Putin's legacy and reach across the aisle to NATO, EU & US to try to end the conflict and normalize relations. Surely, even at this point the most fanatical Putin fans are sick of losing and their young men dying that they are willing to end quickly. If embarrassment is preventing peach, ending it will be less embarrassing than continually getting whooped on the battlefield.