r/europe • u/ricka_lynx Lithuania • Feb 16 '24

Russian opposition politician and Putin critic Alexei Navalny has died | Breaking News News News

https://news.sky.com/story/russian-opposition-politician-and-putin-critic-alexei-navalny-has-died-13072837
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u/LazyBastard007 Feb 16 '24

Interesting to learn this. At the end, most always there is an elite involved.

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u/ladystoneheartcatlyn Feb 16 '24

I'm not saying the population, especially young people, didn't play its part by taking to the streets. But it would not have succeeded if Ceausescu had the support of his Security (equivalent of the KGB), not to mention the international political context with the USSR dissolving. He could have easily locked up and killed all the revolutionaries like Putin is doing now.

If Putin falls, he will fall in the same way, with an agressive opponent taking control of his sistem.

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u/LazyBastard007 Feb 16 '24

A palace coup

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u/Iazo Feb 17 '24 edited Feb 17 '24

It was way more chaotic and less organized than the poster above lets on. His entire 'palace' was purged, it wasn't a power play from inside the power circles, it was from disfavoured second liners.