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> I am Russian and I like this escalation because it makes more people to hate Putin making overthrow of his regime more likely. Is there any chance of that ha

> I am Russian and I like this escalation because it makes more people to hate Putin making overthrow of his regime more likely. Is there any chance of that happening? I am not Russian but my impression is that a large majority of Russians favor Putin and it's hard to imagine how he could be overthrown.

ZoomZoomZoom 8y ago
The chance is always there, probably not at this moment, though. Oh, an not on any grounds like censorship or privacy violation, these are not valued enough.
miaklesp 8y ago
They don't. They just don't have power to do anything about it.
azangru 8y ago
> I am not Russian but my impression is that a large majority of Russians favor Putin and it's hard to imagine how he could be overthrown. A massive peaceful protest that the leader is powerless to suppress and that forces him to step down is just one (and very happy) scenario of overthrowing a leader. This indeed is not very likely to happen. There always remains a military coup, however, which does not require a support of the population. But overthrowing a government is a scary business. Who is going to come in their stead? Will their be a power struggle? Will it turn violent? Will their be a civil war (a very real prospect in a country such as Russia, where the provinces have historically been exploited by the metropolis and strongly despise it). I am astonished people here talk so lightly of overthrowing Putin, as if he is the only villain and the only obstacle to the better future, and once he is removed from the scene everything is hunky-dory.
noelsusman 8y ago
Hard to say. Putin certainly thinks so. He's been paranoid of a US backed revolution for many years now, and probably for good reason since the US would definitely back anyone who opposes him. Accurate polling is hard for obvious reasons, but based on the independent polling I've seen, somewhere around a third of the population would be supportive of a new government.

ZoomZoomZoom 8y ago

The chance is always there, probably not at this moment, though. Oh, an not on any grounds like censorship or privacy violation, these are not valued enough.

miaklesp 8y ago

They don't. They just don't have power to do anything about it.

azangru 8y ago

> I am not Russian but my impression is that a large majority of Russians favor Putin and it's hard to imagine how he could be overthrown. A massive peaceful protest that the leader is powerless to suppress and that forces him to step down is just one (and very happy) scenario of overthrowing a leader. This indeed is not very likely to happen. There always remains a military coup, however, which does not require a support of the population. But overthrowing a government is a scary business. Who is going to come in their stead? Will their be a power struggle? Will it turn violent? Will their be a civil war (a very real prospect in a country such as Russia, where the provinces have historically been exploited by the metropolis and strongly despise it). I am astonished people here talk so lightly of overthrowing Putin, as if he is the only villain and the only obstacle to the better future, and once he is removed from the scene everything is hunky-dory.

noelsusman 8y ago

Hard to say. Putin certainly thinks so. He's been paranoid of a US backed revolution for many years now, and probably for good reason since the US would definitely back anyone who opposes him. Accurate polling is hard for obvious reasons, but based on the independent polling I've seen, somewhere around a third of the population would be supportive of a new government.