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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No, if he didn't he would have been couped and the invasion launched anyway. Russia is a dictatorship of capital. Putin answers to the national bourgeoisie of Russia.

Also hypotheticals like that aren't really relevant to discussing actual exit strategies. Unless you've found a way to hop realities.