Zelenskyy Declares: “Putin Will Die Soon” Amid Rumors of Russian Leader’s Failing Health

Evil has a way to endure. Just look at Mitch McConnell.

They're giving him the Lenin treatment before he's even dead

He's going to be around forever

Only the good die young, assholes live FOREVER

So far in our species history, the most rich and powerful have not been able to defeat father time (they want to, but they can't figure out how ... Yet).

When I watched the first season of altered carbon, all I thought of was how the worst of our species will be the ones to live forever. I think avoiding death is really just a bio-engineering problem, and will be figured out if climate change doesn't unalive us all first

They will of course attempt to keep the lands gained, they will be obliged to play the card of the referendum regions. But most of all they will need support, Oligarchs losing money, public losing sons, jobs, purchasing power. They will need to regain a hold on power and they cant do that by projecting what they have.

Most importantly, it takes rewriting their school books.. The Russian school books on mathematics and on Russian language rant about Russian supremacy.

This comment actually broke my brain, please tell me this is bait 😭

Trump is the figure uniting the fascists in the US when he pops it topples and the spell is broken.

I sincerely hope so, but I don't find that likely. People aren't turning to fascism just because they like him, they're doing so because they aren't able to think critically, or are hateful, or are looking for easy answers to the complex issues fucking up their lives, or all of the above.

Trump didn't get to power in a vacuum. The political environment is ripe for it.

That is absolutely not why Russia dislikes NATO, it's because NATO was built to defend against russia (CCCP/URSS which was led by russia).

That's also why the anti-bully club rejected the bully

Russia's behaviour whilst holding a veto in the UN Security Council pretty much proves to NATO that Russia would only be an obstacle, and no asset at all. Fuck Russia! With a giant cactus. No lube!

I very highly doubt that Putin would do this. Putin isn't a genius, but he's nowhere near being an idiot. He knows if he did that, Russia would die with the rest of the world. And he's never given any sort of hint that he's the kind of person that wants the whole world to die with him.

Not only that, but like the United States, it isn't actually Putin who launches the nukes. And there are historical instances of Russian nuclear officers refusing to launch nukes. I honestly trust the warmongering, imperialist dictator Putin not to launch more than I trust our own president, and that's terrifying to think about. Because Trump IS exactly the sort of person to order a nuclear launch because he's throwing a hissy fit and believes the myth of American exceptionalism.

It doesn’t really matter, even if he gives the order, nobody will push the button for him. Unless NATO tanks are rolling over the border or rockets are falling on Moscow, military commanders will not choose to end their lives (along millions).

I honestly don’t think this, but who knows. What could be a bad result is some worse leader stepping in or a coup requiring force to execute, then that person flexing their power with an even more violent purge. That seems to happen with unplanned changes of power. They have to kill the “offspring” of the previous leader and eliminate criticism or competition.

It was Biden in a fat suit this whole time.

Technically not proven yet. Hopefully soon.

I hope they forget to renew their window-falling insurance

Ok, if Rasputin really was a reality shifting wizard, he'd come back as soon as putin dies, sit on the throne and said "Miss me?" with ZERO context or explanation.

Russia will collapse immediately. Their military is a joke. The only tactics they have are meat swarms and those are severely depleted.

China will seize huge swaths of land, Chechnya will break off, it's going to be insane how fast it will implode

It's also important to note that Putin intentionally keeps all other leaders in Russia as weak as possible to maintain his iron grip. Unless he has a very good succession plan, things could become quite a clusterfuck before the dust settles.

I fully expect a boat load of those world wide in a little bit

Gonna go to Poland when that happens <3

I doubt fecally incontinent Trump uses a toilet anymore. He just has his diaper changed.

Bush almost choked on a bretzel so who knows what might happen!

fighting to the last breath

died with a gun in his hand, even.

And they are making Putin cut his own balls off

Either or both of them dying couldn't hurt.

Soviet Russian succession always takes a power struggle between rivals before things are consolidated.

Vance has the charisma of a turnip.

I can't speak for Putin, but MAGA is a cult of personality. Once HitlerPig assumes room temperature, there will be a vicious battle for leadership, and at least half of the MAGA Morons will drop out without their divine leader to follow. Its very likely they will pivot to making him a religious figure.

The traditional GOP will try to recapture their hegemony over the party, and the Sociopathic Oligarchs will wage a war to keep and expand their influence. They will all try to float a new leader, and we can expect HitlerPig Jr to make a big attempt, but he'll be recieved the same way as Frank Sinatra Jr - with a yawn. Anyone else will be accepted even less.

I hope the battle for control of the party will result in internecine violence, so the Dems can regain power, and use the crimes and violence of the MAGAs to crush them, and purge them from government and society.

I think if that happened, the push against other nations would at least get a reprieve as infighting takes over, especially if Putin bites it.

There are a lot of people who want to be king and they'll all likely have plots to take out their rivals and consolidate power

One thing about regimes like Putin's and Trump's is that they actively select against clever and competent people. Because clever and competent people are a threat to Dear Leader's power.

It will be a big fucking fight, simply because that same ecosystem wasn't built with power transition in mind. There's no successor, no committee strong enough to fallback to, no independent power brokers.

The result is pretty much a coin toss, but I wouldn't hold my breath for a better outcome.

Well isn't he surrounded by yes men like all "strong men" are? If you don't stroke putins ego all day every day you go out a window for real.

As sad as this sounds. This seems to be the state of things. It would require generations to fix this. The best case scenario would be to split Russia into smaller pieces and then fix the individual pieces. Doing the same thing to the US and China. Wouldn't hurt either.

Iiiiiiin the afterlife, he'll be headed for some serious strife. He can make the scene all day, but tomorrow there'll be Hell to pay...

IIRC the long tables started during COVID.

people can live a long time with parkinsons

Considering how Western Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan turned out after their Marshall Plans, I think there is a lot of evidence that reforming and rebuilding a country helps with making them into democratic major powers. I would guess the EU would do it, and Ukraine would want their neighbor to stop being a jackass.

Poland certainly wouldn't want Ukraine to annex Russia, that just means a new rival on their doorstep. Ditto for Turkey, since they are a naval bottleneck, and wouldn't want a Uber Ukraine to get ideas. So on and so forth. A lot of nations would rather a smaller and reformed Russia, than a bigger and hungry Ukraine. Better to foster small but capable democracies that want to be part of the EU bloc.

The EU would. Agains denuclearisation for example and strong pro democratic levers.

No one would just pour money into russia like in the nineties though ofc.

Europe, because being next to a giant (nuclear?) power vacuum is bad. I guess I have to think it would be less than enthusiastic, though, and there'd be a temptation to do the Morganthau plan even though it's a crime against humanity.

That said, there will be no conquering, because of that "nuclear" thing.

I don't think our positions are mutually exclusive. I am thinking Russia in the west getting the Marshall Plan reform treatment would be done, and what you described also happening. That would make it easier for the EU to handle the Russian territory closer to home.

Plus, China tearing off a haunch of Russia might be good for peace in the long run. It would allow Xi Ping to have a victorious legacy, without having to attack Taiwan. The Chinese tiger might sleep while digesting the territory it reclaimed from Russia.

This will be a clash between organizations, not between people per se. KGB/FSB will fight other branches of the Russia's junta for whose candidate will get the job.

Oh for sure, I am standing hella out of the way of anyone who wants to take a shot at him. I just feel he's only part of a deeper issue with Russia, and I think everyone would be a lot safer if it was balkanized. I doubt we'll be so lucky, it must be said.

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Thanks, gonna save this argument for later 👌

Medvedev won't take the reigns, he's a useful fool, nothing more. Lavrov and Shoigu are my bets.

Oft evil shall evil mar, sometimes that is our only solace.

No. It stands for Non-Expanding Recreational Foam.

Any chance of an orderly and compassionate balkanisation?