Russia Is Approaching a Political Crossroads. Is the end of Putin the Terrible near?

Hope and pray!

After many years of Putin the Terrible, the world needs a Mikhail Gorbachev again! 22 years in power and 4.5 years of war is enough!!!

"Russia’s war on Ukraine is entering a new phase. That does not mean the situation will change overnight, but the chances of escalation and the conflict spreading are growing.

The most significant new development has been a shift in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s domestic political position. Hopes that Putin would make concessions in the face of mounting problems have been shown to be misplaced. Instead, the situation increasingly resembles a seized bolt ...    

One crack to appear recently—arguably the deepest for many years—was billionaire Andrey Melnichenko’s interview with The Economist and his accompanying essay. For the first time since the arrest of oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky in 2003, a representative of Russian business has publicly laid out a political vision for Russia’s future—and it didn’t include war, hostility with the West, or authoritarianism. Melnichenko did this in the most dangerous way possible for the regime: with Putin’s approval.  ..."

Russia Is Approaching a Political Crossroads | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace "Two divergent trends—Putin’s hardline vision of how to prosecute the war in Ukraine, and a growing desire for change in Russia—could tear the regime apart."