Putin has very carefully put himself in the position that his death would cause a very chaotic power vacuum in Russia (to the detriment or at least risk of almost everyone), to dissuade any would-be assassins.
Do they? Your sources are what, Russians saying they have 6 thousands warheads? Well, yeah, the last time they tested something to scare everyone, their scary missile did not work. I expect most of their warheads in the state of being dysfunctional. It’s a paper tiger, it’s not China, it’s a fake state, a failed one. A mafia covered as a state.
>because his next successor could be smarter and more brutal
Why would they? Putin's actions, imo, seemed to be able rebuilding the greatness of the ussr, he's former KGB.
Maybe the next person would just be happy with power over one of the largest countries in the world. Plus the end of the war would make him quite popular with the general public
Actually, both.
Perimeter dead hand system algorithm:
1. If perimeter have been activated
2. AND there is nuclear explosion at russian territory
3. AND there is no connection to commander-in-chief
THAN release launch codes to every local military commander.
In this case, the CIA Director flew to Kyiv to warn of the assassination attempt along with the invasion itself and we know how accurate the latter turned out to be.
But sure, it could have been bad intelligence or it could be accurate. Given the brazen assassinations Russia has committed/attempted under Putin though, I see little reason to dismiss it simply because sometimes other intelligence has been faulty.
It's Putin who dreams of terrorist attacks. He attacks civilian targets, schools, hospitals, and residential areas almost constantly. To terrorize Ukrainians. Ukraine targets only military targets. Even after years of suffering Russia's terrorism.
And Putin has ordered multiple attempts to assassinate various presidents of Ukraine, including Zelensky. Putin as commander of this brutal war is absolutely a valid target.
It’s so funny all those Russia ‘supporters’ are unable to at least cover themselves with the proper correct spelling of Kyiv, they must write it as Russia does, wrongly. It’s so easily visible now, since the rest of the world respects Ukrainian choice to have their name written properly.
Bonus: now it’s so noticeable, the time zones in Linux. When I’m interacting with some old distros, it was Europe/Kiev, now it’s Europe/Kyiv. Mostly only Russians and their ‘supporters’ (usually just bots from the suburbs of St Petersburg) continue to write Kiev. Plus some people who are not interested in the topic, like at all. Or those who happen to read what Russians distribute. Next time you see Kiev anywhere, pay your attention at what narrative that person is pushing.
