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Vladimir Putin, a former intelligence officer-turned-president took Russia from a defeated Cold War relic to the most feared superpower in Eurasia. Now Putin, who many have called a modern-day Adolf Hitler, is dead. The consequences will be dire.

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00:00 What If Putin Died?
02:06 Power vacuum
03:11 Real life GOT
04:21 Military coup?
05:45 Economy

If Putin died, who would replace him?

Could Vladimir Putin’s death stop the spread of war in Ukraine?

And why could this lead to civil war in Russia?

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