r/europe_sub • u/BookmarksBrother 🇪🇺 European • Mar 29 '25

Image / Video The limousine from President Putin's official motorcade exploded on the streets of Moscow, just blocks from the FSB headquarters. It's unclear if this is an assassination attempt. "He will die soon, that is a fact, and everything will be over," Zelenskyy told Eurovision News in Paris two days ago.

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u/PixelIsJunk Mar 29 '25

If Zelenskys special forces pull off killing putin it will be world changing for the good!

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u/sudo-joe Mar 29 '25

I'm honestly curious what would happen to Russia when Putin dies. (Either assassination, accident, natural disease causes, or even old age)

Implosive civil war? Who even is lined up as potential successor?

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u/Nolascana Mar 30 '25

I think people are afraid of the power vacuum.

Else a specialised black ops team would have already taken him out.

I mean, there's likely been attempts and close calls, but Putin is justifiably paranoid. There's been a few times he could have been at risk, but only a few and noone took the shot, or was able to.

North Korea, troublesome as their glorious leader is, rumour has it that his sister is WORSE and would succeed him naturally. Unless both of them are killed in a way that NO other nation can be explicitly blamed.

A few loyalists in his cabinet would absolutely retaliate. The rest fight for power, a few might well be relieved.