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Richard Spencer @RichardBSpencer
If Putin were to accept defeat, it would be the end of his regime. Likely, hard-liners would replace him, and perhaps put him out to pasture. This was always a danger in the Yeltsin years, and it's why Putin's right-wing supporters ("more Putin than Putin") are a threat to him. — PolitiTweet.org