Russia Ukraine war, page-123938

If Putin goes down, I think there's no way Medvedev would succeed him, as Medvedev is seen as his little mini-me. Medvedev is getting increasingly unhinged with his rants about Anglo Saxons and Poles, as he knows he will go down with Putin.

If the Ukraine adventure fails catastrophically as I expect it will, Putin's replacement will likely be someone who has been critical of him for a long time, but from a nationalist, not liberal, perspective, and my money is on Girkin.