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Yeah. We mistakenly think 'Remove Putin and Russia can heal'
The root problem though, is Putin is a symptom of Russia's dysfunction and top to bottom corruption. Russia produces Putins, not the other way around. Russia won't change without rooting out that corruption, it'll just have a new mob boss.
So would Putin's removal and someone sane taking his place >

The above is a realistic scenario, this....is not.
Russia can't function without a dictatorship, their society is just too stratified.