• anomnom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 days ago

    You’re not worried that Putin is really just a puppet for all the oligarchs running the place now? Seems likely they’ll pick a new puppet.

    • chaogomu@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      They’re all in it together, but the ones less loyal to Putin have a habit of dying.

      Putin has had a bunch of them killed.

      There’s a great podcast called Sad Oligarch that goes over it all.

      So yeah, Putin is not currently a puppet ruler.

    • Tuukka R@sopuli.xyzM
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      4 days ago

      A puppet is someone whose actions are fully steered from the outside.

      Putin is a person chosen by KGB/FSB because he makes decisions that are very useful its leaders, but he retains a large amount of autonomy.