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>I doubt he'll pull it off. Russia's sanctioned to hell due to the US.

Depends. What matters most is Russia's (actual) GDP vs their national debt, and their ability to trade: especially when sanctioned or at war. Currently Russia still has India, China, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and a few other eastern nations that are willing to trade outside the USD (US treasury bonds) and many of them, like the UAE, are dumping their US Treasury bond holdings (albeit very slowly as not to shock their currency valuations which are all pegged to the USD; consider what happened to Japan's market recently when Japan dumped too many US treasury bonds, they fucked their currency's value and inflation went sky high). USD will remain a global reserve currency until enough nations are able to (slowly but surely) stop using US treasures completely in global trade - then and only then - the USD implodes and hyperinflation will result. Meanwhile I'm sure Putin knows this, him having a pHd in global economics, and is working hard to keep the Ruble stable during this massive new economic trade transition.

>And he's really unpopular and jails anyone who says a bad thing about him

True, but consider some of the people that have been banned from Russia too, like that Jew George Soros and his NGOs. Not all of those punished are very good people as you should be aware. Jews do infight over political power, a lot. There are some Jews that only care about making money, then there are others who want money and political power (like Putin), and there are some Jews who are straight up evil who want money, power and desire to enslave populations and kill off any dissent (like Netanyahu). What I believe we are witnessing in Russia is political clashes between two types of Jews (nationalists vs global hegemonists). The nationalists want a multi-polar world. The global hegemonists desire global domination or one world government under their control. The big clash between the "USSA" (what I call modern America) and the Russian Federation is related to that ideological divide. I guess if you choose a side you are picking one evil over another. If you don't pick a side then enjoy the popcorn, sit back and watch the show.