“Don’t you think Putin will leave the presidency first, and there won’t be anyon

—“Don’t you think Putin will leave the presidency first, and there won’t be anyone left to overthrow?

It’s not about Putin — it’s about the system. Putin is just a brand, a label for the system. Putin will sit there until he’s done his time, and then the system will grow another Putin. A successor who will really be the same old Putin in practice, just under another name.

Isn’t it Putin who makes the key decisions in that system?

Yeah, it’s Putin. But the system will create another person who will let it be just as much of a parasite feeding on the neck of the Russian people. I personally believe that we will live to see happier times, though.”—