The thing as I see it is hopefully his military have enough sanity to not launch or remove him if he ever decided too, I believe the Russian system is not a one man system, it takes several to authentic it.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe...es-2022-03-02/
China is trying to "broker a ceasefire" and talks, but having just met with Putin that sounds more like a Putin request to allow his troops more time to dig in and bring in reserves. Something that would disadvantage Ukraine
https://twitter.com/search?q=china%2...d_query&f=live