.. single-minded about the actual figure of putin, there is a wonderful american analyst, herman pirschnero actually wrote a very good book, which is called, so it is called after putin. this book is essentially such a short analytical note, dedicated precisely to the study of the structures of the russian government, during the times of the russian empire, during the times of the soviet union itself, modern, so -called russia, and what main tendency does pirchner highlight? he talks about what is practical all the rulers of the empire first took power into their own hands, destroyed the opposition, consolidated power, such a euphemism is used, and then immediately began aggression against third countries, that is, in fact pirschner says that the very structure of the power of the imperial center does not foresee it. there is no democracy, does not involve any real federalization, and in fact, the hope that putin himself will die and everything will be fine, this is most likely a naive hope, because no matter what form of transfer of power he chooses, in the form of succession, as it actua