Originally Posted by
Spunky Monkey
Any tentative opposition in Russia will be ruthlessly put down, until the country is in dire straights with starvation and extra judicial killings until it snaps and there is a bloody uprising.
Then big there could be real risk again for everyone.
The opposition that's
likely to affect things, may come from Putin's (very privileged) circle. A group of someones who don't want to live in the wilderness until they die; and who may be willing back down saying, "We've achieved our aims, be warned, NATO". And sitting on the Donbass.
CG