Ukraine-born journalist Larisa Alexandrovna (DU,HuffPost): Ides of March

all the cards within Russia.

He can disappear if they disappear him.

Thanks for the thread blm.

It makes perfect sense to me, so I brought it here.

to me as well, good idea.

as well.

Is this realistic? Anyone who can be specifically targeted?

The EU is not ready to cut Putin off from SWIFT yet, but I can easily imagine the images and death toll coming in from Ukraine, a list of atrocities and war crimes as Putin pushes his soldiers to bring Ukraine down. I can also easily imagine Ukrainians refusing to give up, making Putin and his men bleed in a war of attrition. Always costly.

The more horrified and outraged alliance countries become, the greater lengths the democracies of the world will be willing to go. Boris Johnson is already talking about property seizure, a direct hit to Putin's oligarchs and buddies. This could happen everywhere. Take away all the toys, all the goodies these thugs have enjoyed with impunity and I think we're likely to hear a good deal of shrieking inside Russia.

Putin is going to isolate himself through these actions. Instead of Putin the Great, he's more likely to be known as Putin the Pariah.

Worse, or more of the same, just a little less overt... some committee.

I don't think there is a "better" at this point and that's what keeps me awake at night.

saw before.

He miscalculated and couldn't claw it back.

We know he’s a genocidal mass murderer.

What’s to stop him from nuking the planet, besides his generals?