YOU KNOW...
I WAS DOING SOME DEEP THINKING
PUTIN'S PLAN Z HAS FAILED. NOW I BELIEVE HE'S ON PLAN B- SET UP ANY POSSIBLE SUCCESSOR FOR FAILURE!
1:WAR IN UKRAINE GOING BADLY
2:MAKE THREATS OF TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPON USE DAILY. 3:ELIMINATE BAD ADVISORS
4:LURE POSSIBLE SUCCESSORS OUT INTO THE OPEN BY LOOKING WEAK.
5:MAKE THOSE POSSIBLE SUCCESSORS ARGUE WITH EACH OTHER OVER WHO IS STRONGER.
6:EVENTUALLY THERE WILL BE A REASON TO ELIMINATE THEM DUE TO THEIR AMBITION TO SUCCEED PUTIN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
7:LEAVE RUSSIA IN A TOTAL HOT MESS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WILL EVENTUALLY BLAME THE WEST AND THEY WILL ONE DAY SAY "PUTIN WAS RIGHT!"