by html5web on 3/6/22, 7:47 PM with 11 comments
by NoPie on 3/6/22, 8:10 PM
It is such a tragedy, I have no words. I have friends in Russia and I don't know what is going to happen with them. One crazy dictator can destroy the country so quickly.
by giantg2 on 3/6/22, 8:04 PM
They're bigger (population, geographically, economically), have more resources (fertilizer, energy, uranium, wheat, etc), more trade (even with sanctions some countries are still willing to trade), their leader isn't worshiped like a God, etc.
by jaynetics on 3/6/22, 8:33 PM
Up until now, Russians were reasonably well-off and reasonably free in their travels or political views, if they kept those to themselves.
Unlike North Koreans, they'll have memories of a better life, adding discontent to their fear.
Whether that will make a difference in practical terms is anyone's guess.
by MilnerRoute on 3/6/22, 8:22 PM
It's obviously not the most probable outcome. But as long as we're doing armchair speculation, I'll toss out that a change of leadership is at least slightly more possible in Russia than in North Korea. (A recent CBC video even offered this detail. "UK intelligence services claim they are seeing strong dissension among senior military officers about Putin's invasion of Ukraine.")
https://www.facebook.com/thenational/videos/1081131226076627
by aynyc on 3/6/22, 9:55 PM
Even if another strong man replaces Putin in the mid, I’m not sure people will accept that anymore.