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Originally Posted by karl262
If the defense contractor stuff is true, which wouldn't surprise me in the least, I'd put my money on Shoigu coming out on top after ousting Putin. The dude's occupied senior roles in the halls of power since the good old soviet days and is a master survivalist. Ruthless and cunning, his only hurdle would be the FSB which is less powerful than the military. He could take over, put Putin in custody for treason, then run for president after ending the war (it was all Putins idea! He's cost us 500,000 lives and the destruction of our military! Join me and I'll take us back to the promised land!)
The Russian circle of life begins anew.
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In soviet times I think Shoigu would have been a no brainer. But now? I feel like current Russia is much too racist to allow a Tatar to become the president.