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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm kind of worried about what Kadyrov will do without Putin. I hope if Putin goes, that R.A.K. goes with him (interesting that Kadyrov's initials mean "cancer" in Russian) Hopefully he and his TikTok army will become irrelevant, or better yet, maybe the TikTok army will turn against him once the cash spigot is off.[/quote]

I think Kadyrov will try to do a power grab.  I suspect Prigozhin may as well.  Although by the same token I sometimes wonder if Prigozhin may also be on constant guard lest he himself fall out of a window.[/quote]

I know people like to throw around these scenarios, but they’re kinda ridiculous. You all have watched too many movies and clearly don’t know anything about Kadyrov or Prigozhin beyond what you read in a couple news articles.[/quote]

I am not that poster, but you are being a bit dismissive.  Russia is an authoritarian state.  As such, Putin holds power by either befriending or intimidating a select number of powerful people.  He successfully booted out the first generation of oligarchs, installing loyalists, and jailing dissidents.  He put key assets in the hands of people he trusted to be loyal.  But there are limits to that.  They have their own interests.  At the end of the day, if enough of them get together and decide that Putin is bad for business, for their lifestyle, etc. then he could be forced out.    If he didn't need to threaten these people, there wouldn't be so many of them falling out of windows right now.  [/quote]

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