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Article in The Times of Israel by Andy Blumenthal: Perhaps Putin dodged a bullet today, but we'll see over time if he continues to be so lucky and who is ultimately right about Vladimir Putin's future: will he be whisked away to some Siberian gulag or will he continue his absolute reign over Russia and its people and continue his war for Soviet-era power and dominance?

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As Russian Wagner mercenaries headed by Yevgeny Prigozhin (once Putin’s
caterer!) raced towards Moscow in a presumed coup earlier today, the world
watched with bated breath to see how this would end for Vladimir Putin.
Putin’s invasion and land grab of Ukraine, first in 2014, then in 2022, and
continuing today, have killed tens of thousands, displaced millions, and cost
hundreds of billions of dollars. The International Criminal Court has charged
Putin with war crimes, and the United Nations has placed Russia on its List of
Shame for the murder of innocent children.
The world has been riveted for 16 months now as Russia indiscriminately
bombed Ukraine’s infrastructure and civilian population. Most recently, Russia
is suspected of blowing up the Kakhovka Dam and recklessly mining the
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to cause an “accident” of mass destruction.
This is in addition to Putin’s threats to widen the conflict using nuclear
weapons, which would bring us World War III.

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Putin has outlawed opposition to the Ukraine war (i.e., “special military
operation”), and anyone who seemingly opposes him risks suffering a deadly
fate like being poisoned, thrown out of high-rise windows, or suffering other
gruesome deaths. Stating the obvious, the people of Russia deserve to be free,
Ukraine is entitled to its sovereignty, and the world should no longer be under
threat from Communism.
For now, in the latest twist of events, Prigozhin claims that he is turning his
troops around from their march to Moscow. Yet the suspense of the last 24
hours still hangs in the air over whether Putin will be deposed somehow or
whether he will survive another untold number of days to pursue his great
ambition to restore the Soviet Union and challenge the West.
In synagogue today, if you asked your neighbors what they thought would
happen, one said, “Putin is toast! While another chimed in, “No way, Putin is
going to crush this rebellion!” No one really knows, but everyone thinks they
have the right answer.
To this end, I couldn’t help chuckling when I remembered the old Jewish joke
about some Rabbis arguing over a halachic question. When they asked the Chief
Rabbi who was right, he listened to the first Rabbi and said, “You’re right.” And
then he turns to the other Rabbi to hear his reasoning and says to him, “You’re
right.” When his disciples then raised their objection and said, “They can’t both
be right,” the Chief Rabbi responded, “You’re right too!”
Perhaps Putin dodged a bullet today, but we’ll see over time if he continues to
be so lucky and who is ultimately right about Vladimir Putin’s future: will he be
whisked away to some Siberian gulag or will he continue his absolute reign over
Russia and its people and continue his war for Soviet-era power and dominance?

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