If he was really that worried about being the next Gadaffi, he could have just retired to a countryside home and set things up so his cronies took over. Even i

If he was really that worried about being the next Gadaffi, he could have just retired to a countryside home and set things up so his cronies took over. Even if the cronies fucked up and became the next Gadaffi, Putin himself would have been mostly forgotten by then and all the rage would have been directed to the people actually in charge at the time. However, when you have narcissistic personality disorder, as Putin does, doing the above just isn't an option.