so what happens when putin dies? is russia going to have another "de-stalinization" period where they give half-hearted apologies to all the people persecuted by the state in the last 20 years? or is his successor just going to double down on the repression in a way that makes pol pot look fairly reasonable in comparison? assuming russia's doesn't balkanize again once there isn't a strongman who can keep the chechens occupied.
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