I never said 20,000 people should die, please don't put words in other peoples mouths. It's against HN rules.

I'm saying if the Russian people showed that they disliked Putin in large enough numbers this would end. (either with him ousted, or him having to kill too many people to hide).

Also you are making a FANTASTIC argument for why American/EU imperialism is about to come back in a bad way.

Apparently once a dictator takes over there is no other choices but to just let him do whatever they want, the country is lost and must be "saved" from itself since it's populace can no longer resist.