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Putin has very carefully put himself in the position that his death would cause a very chaotic power vacuum in Russia (to the detriment or at least risk of almost everyone), to dissuade any would-be assassins.

> very chaotic power vacuum in Russia

How is having chaotic power vacuum in any way worse than having Putin?

russia has dead hand system, any attack on putin will trigger the dead hand.

most importantly USA doesn't want putin dead, because his next successor could be smarter and more brutal

Who would this dead hand attack even target? Wat?

London Paris Berlin and USA.

Russia has 6000 warheads, so each western city and each silo and bunker can be targeted with more than one warhead

Do they? Your sources are what, Russians saying they have 6 thousands warheads? Well, yeah, the last time they tested something to scare everyone, their scary missile did not work. I expect most of their warheads in the state of being dysfunctional. It’s a paper tiger, it’s not China, it’s a fake state, a failed one. A mafia covered as a state.

Also, do they invest enough to keep it working? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44165277

So, which 6,000 are you talking about?

Are you sure?

>because his next successor could be smarter and more brutal

Why would they? Putin's actions, imo, seemed to be able rebuilding the greatness of the ussr, he's former KGB.

Maybe the next person would just be happy with power over one of the largest countries in the world. Plus the end of the war would make him quite popular with the general public

That's not how dead hand works. It is designed to respond to a nuclear attack, not to a leader assassination.

Actually, both. Perimeter dead hand system algorithm: 1. If perimeter have been activated 2. AND there is nuclear explosion at russian territory 3. AND there is no connection to commander-in-chief

THAN release launch codes to every local military commander.

>any attack on putin will trigger the dead hand

of course not

>Which is why a simultaneous targetted assassinations of Putin, his key government supporters, and the oligarchs is needed.

It's ironic that while Ukrainian supporters like you dream about terrorist attacks, Putin himself doesn't order strikes against Kiev government.

Russia literally tried to annex all of Ukraine. How is that not an attack on the government?

> It's ironic that while Ukrainian supporters like you dream about terrorist attacks, Putin himself doesn't order strikes against Kiev government.

You are hopelessly wrong.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_attempts_on_Volo...

I'm not sure I'd describe it as hopelessly wrong. He is intentionally spreading disinformation here, and has been for quite some time.

It's Putin who dreams of terrorist attacks. He attacks civilian targets, schools, hospitals, and residential areas almost constantly. To terrorize Ukrainians. Ukraine targets only military targets. Even after years of suffering Russia's terrorism.

And Putin has ordered multiple attempts to assassinate various presidents of Ukraine, including Zelensky. Putin as commander of this brutal war is absolutely a valid target.

Putin absolutely orders attacks on Kyiv, and he would take out the Ukrainian government if he could. The Russians just lack the capacity to do so.

It’s so funny all those Russia ‘supporters’ are unable to at least cover themselves with the proper correct spelling of Kyiv, they must write it as Russia does, wrongly. It’s so easily visible now, since the rest of the world respects Ukrainian choice to have their name written properly.

Bonus: now it’s so noticeable, the time zones in Linux. When I’m interacting with some old distros, it was Europe/Kiev, now it’s Europe/Kyiv. Mostly only Russians and their ‘supporters’ (usually just bots from the suburbs of St Petersburg) continue to write Kiev. Plus some people who are not interested in the topic, like at all. Or those who happen to read what Russians distribute. Next time you see Kiev anywhere, pay your attention at what narrative that person is pushing.

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