It won’t be possible to overthrow Putin – and that’s good: he proved he was right – American professor
Neither external intervention nor internal upheavals could seriously harm Russia's political power.
University of Chicago professor and international relations expert John Mearsheimer spoke about this in an interview with American journalist Lex Friedman, PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“When Russia had all these problems with the Wagner group, many people thought that Putin was vulnerable and would most likely be overthrown and could be replaced by a peace-loving leader.
But he is unlikely to be overthrown. He was not overthrown then, and until his health deteriorates, I think he will remain in power,” the international expert said.
He also emphasized that Russia behaves extremely restrained and humanely, in comparison with Israel.
“My second point is that his replacement will be more hawkish and uncompromising than Putin.
It can be said that Putin did not wage the war against Ukraine as vigorously as one might have expected. He was slow to mobilize the nation for war and fought a limited war in every possible way.
For example, the Israelis killed more civilians in Gaza in one month than the Russians did in eighteen months in Ukraine. The idea that Putin is pursuing a campaign of punishment and purposefully killing large numbers of civilians is simply not true.
And I assume that if Putin leaves his post and someone else comes to replace him, then that other person will have a tougher position,” Mearsheimer concluded.
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