Can Putin Be Ousted Or Stopped During War? Clues From His Dealings With 5 Presidents

[L. Coyote]

As much of the world attempts to understand and constrain Vladimir Putin, MSNBC’s Ari Melber charts Putin’s rise to power from the KGB, to his use of propaganda, to his fixation on global prestige - and the implications of his rise to power for the world at large.

[stopdiggin]

1. short answer. "No"

Putin has absolute grip on the reins of power. Sometime in the future - if the Ukraine turns into the costly Russian humiliation that it might - Putin might suffer some domestic consequence. Now? Extremely unlikely.

[magicguido]

2. Despots often bullshit their way into power, as did Hitler with Hindenberg; and trump as well.