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So far.
True. But not a very good one.
What kind of dictator allows himself to be taken hostage by one set of foes and then released by his bitter enemy? Who then restores him to nominal power?
What’d’ye mean “so far”? There is no longer a Soviet Union. As and when the Kremlin tries to resert its power over the old Empire I dare say it will employ a few consultants to come up with a new brand…
As opposed to Putin, the current dictator of Russia.
Not that I’d put it past Putin to become a dictator if need be, but, so far, the bloody idiots keep voting for the bastard.