diMario t1_iugul2p wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:53 AM

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I'm pretty sure military and political strategists have been working on a solution for several years, starting way before February 24.

CIA, Mossad and MI6 probably have several kill teams on standby in st Petersburg and Moscow, ready to take out various people who might oppose a regime change. They are cooperating, although reluctantly.

The problem is that you don't want to create a power vacuum, that attracts the wrong kind of people and/or might lead to a civil war. You don't want that.

What you want is a transition of power in an orderly way.

My theory is that they are just going to wait him out. The man is well past his best before date, and no one lives forever. In the mean while, damage control.

Imperial2MetricRobot t1_iuhhku1 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 11:27 AM

>no one lives forever

Genetics plays a huge role when it comes to long life. His parents/grandparents lived quite long. He has access to the best medial care possible today. Of course he isn't immune to death but if he has no cancer/heart failure, we can expect him to live till his 80s.

The thing is, a lot of cancers can be cured if detected early. I have no doubts that they examine him regularly. He has trained for most of his life, isn't smoking, isn't drinking and is a health nut in general. All ingredients are there, we better think a way to assist his death otherwise it isn't very likely.

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HighGuyTim t1_iuhv7o1 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:34 PM

I think it’s romanticizing to think that there are “kill teams” in Russian cities. That’s very much just taking information from movies and thinking they are real.

Even if a vacuum was created, dealing with a dead Putin and a broken Russia now is 100% easier than a famine right now.

They probably are trying to figure out ways to take him out, but I highly doubt there are teams just idling their thumbs waiting.

diMario t1_iuiguqe wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:07 PM

In one form or another, the possibilities are being explored and implemented.

Perhaps there are no spooks actually living in those cities with the intention of going out and killing people on short notice.

Intelligence is being gathered, and plans are continually updated. Could be they send in teams when the moment turns critical. Could be they target them through blackmail. Could be they block their access to financial assets.