>After watching a video where Sergey Naryshkin, the director of russian foreign intelligence service, was visibly stuttering trying to find the right words to answer a simple question by Putin, hoping for his dear life that he didn't say something wrong, well, I'm not quite sure a reasonable person who cares about the life of their loved ones is going to risk it all. There wouldn't be dictators if it was easy to go to the streets and take it back.

Yes I saw the same video. Putin surrounded himself with yesmen and propaganda. He most likely misled himself.

Also yes, it takes a strong people to stand up to their government. We saw many people in the middle east topple their governments during the arab spring.

Do you think the Russian people are strong enough to do the same? Idont.