Putin could go very quickly from President to under arrest as a scapegoat, if enough insiders decide that’s the way forward. It doesn’t require any opposition p

Putin could go very quickly from President to under arrest as a scapegoat, if enough insiders decide that’s the way forward. It doesn’t require any opposition politicians. More prosaically, the less popular the government, the more the people will cheat on their taxes, avoid signing up to serve in the army or the police, emigrate, and generally co-operate less with them.