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THIS IS NOT POLITICAL. I'm just wondering what would happen if something happened to Putin -- and I'm NOTsuggesting that something should happen to him.
Yugoslavia certainly blew up after Tito, nobody else could maintain the iron grip.
Putin seems to have a similar level of control these days, and he's certainly making a lot of moves.
There would likely be a power vacuum, a succession of leaders both elected and appointed, then a reincarnation of Stalin to lead Mother Russia back to her former glory.