Could this be the end of the Putin era in Russia? A new Russian revolution?

[fightforfreedom]

From the very beginning it was clear Putin had started a war he could not win, what a dumb asshole. The people of Ukraine made it clear they would never surrender, give up their country to Putin. Putin could destroy Ukraine with his military, but he could never hold it, make it part of Russia.

Putins attack on Ukraine did not go as planned, it has completely backfired. His military has been bled badly, thousands of his soldiers have died. Putins attack united Nato, most of the world against Russia. Tons of military weapons are pouring into Ukraine. Nato is holding war games. Sanctions have damaged the Russian economy. The rich people of Russia are getting hurt financially.

The Russia economy has been badly damaged and it will get worse. The people of Russia are protesting, thousands of them are being arrested. The combination of a bad economy and the loss of thousands of Russian sons dying in a foolish war will lead to major protests by the Russian people.

Yes ,Putin has great power in Russia, But he could lose that power by putting Russia in great danger, which is exactly what he has done.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Now when NATO admits Ukraine, Russia won't be in a position to object, having already attacked. nt

[secondwind]

2. Well said.

And welcome to DU!!!!

[MartyTheGreek]

3. Concur and wonder for each day under sanctions, how many days of recovery will that equate to?

I'm sure it's a stretch, but any economic historians covering war eras been down this path?

[Sherman A1]

4. Could be, Yes. Will be? That remains to be seen

I am not optimistic.

[mucifer]

5. Unfortunately, the brainwashing going on is reallllly bad. So many believe there is a

just war against fascism.

[SheltieLover]

6. Russia must be forced to completely disarm nukes!

This shit brain has threatened the world several times & attacked 2 nuke plants & the Physics Institute, which also has nuke materials!

No lifting sanctions until they are completely without nukes!

Watch this draw trolls.

[localroger]

7. I think more likely a new Russian coup

The people who matter in Russia -- the billionaire (or soon to be ex-billionaire) oligarchs are being hurt very badly by all this. Individually or in a small group they are not strong enough to stand against Putin, and as the people who finally tried to get rid of Hitler found out conspiracy against someone like that can be dangerous if it fails. But as they are backed into a corner by all the damage Putin is doing I think eventually they will have no choice but to act. There are probably already powerful elements in the military which would be receptive to a regime change for the same reason.

Putin appears to be ready to take everyone down with him in a massive Viking funeral if he doesn't get his way. He needs to bring more troops and weapons into Ukraine and quickly or he is going to lose there hands-down. I think the tipping point will be when there are no more troops or weapons to send. If the military gets weak enough China may move on Siberia, on the theory that that real estate might be more valuable than Taiwan anyway in the future what with climate change.

One way or another Putin will be going down, the only question is how much of the Russian military, economy, and society he will take with him. The longer it takes, the more people will have to act and the more will be hurt.

[jalan48]

8. So a new oligarch will rule the country?

[crud]

9. Putin lied about getting rid of nazis

to invade Ukraine, he can just lie again and say it was a glorious victory for Russia and all the nazis have been killed. Leave Ukraine, say "you're welcome"and call for normalized relations with Zelensky.

[lame54]

10. Because his lies have been working so well...

Credibility completely shot

[Wounded Bear]

11. The problem with revolution is you don't know what the outcome will be...

and all too often the outcome of all the chaos is a takeover by some strongman, who may or may not be "better" than Putin.

Life sucks, and then you die.