I enjoy these hypothetical what if's and am really rooting for Zelensky. My guess is there are quite a couple of candidates that if they're not murdered in all

I enjoy these hypothetical what if's and am really rooting for Zelensky. My guess is there are quite a couple of candidates that if they're not murdered in all this would be in a good position to step up. E.g. Navalny, or even exiled people like Mikhail Khodorkovsky (aka Citizen K). The scary thing is that a power vacuum after Putin is like rolling the dice which might as well usher in the next dictator. Russia after Putin needs to be managed like Nazi Germany was managed by the allies post WWII. With army bases all over Russia to ensure a gradual adoption of rule of law. China will be pissed but that's the only chance to secure long term peace. But before any of this happens I fear things will need to become a lot worse to justify such a step. (e.g. wide scale use of chemical or nuclear weapons and RU invading other countries like the Baltics, Moldova, Poland etc). guess all of this is spitballing because war turns any future unpredictable.