Timeline for How much power does Putin have in Russia?
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| Feb 24, 2022 at 9:04 | history | protected | Philipp♦ | ||
| Feb 20, 2022 at 18:39 | comment | added | Criminal_Affair_At_SO | Putin does indeed wield a lot of power in Russia - but he, as any other ruler, can still be deposed if was to go completely insane. What would happen if he simply gave the order to fire the nukes? The order wouldn't be carried out. What would happen if he was to start a conspiracy whose goal would be to trigger a nuclear war? He would probably be deposed by the military. In fact, throughout history, there have been numerous "realistic" orders to prepare/load/fire nukes - both in the USSR and the US - and they have never been carried out. It is not about the constitution, it is about sanity. | |
| Feb 18, 2022 at 23:13 | answer | added | alamar | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 18, 2022 at 18:06 | history | edited | Lightsout | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 17, 2022 at 13:59 | comment | added | David42 | I think the "start a nuclear war" example is a confusing one since the US president is the one and only official with the legal authority to order the launch of nuclear weapons. It isn't really a good metric of a president's everyday ability to make arbitrary decisions and see them carried out. | |
| Feb 17, 2022 at 6:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackPolitics/status/1494189887603544065 | ||
| Feb 16, 2022 at 22:28 | comment | added | Nimloth | @DarrelHoffman Actually, the constitution was amended in 2020 to reset Putin's and Medvedev's term counts to zero. So each could do 2 consecutive terms starting in 2024. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…. | |
| Feb 16, 2022 at 22:20 | comment | added | J... | @qwr Of course, and that's why it was a comment and not an answer. Still, it's not hard to find even US examples where the reality did not match the paper, either in cases where legitimate paper power was frustrated in some way or another, or cases where an absence of paper power did not prevent the exercise of same. | |
| Feb 16, 2022 at 21:27 | comment | added | qwr | @J... it can at least be objectively answered how much power on-paper is given to him by national laws. For example, for a US president you could answer how much on-paper power is given by the Constitution and other laws. | |
| Feb 16, 2022 at 17:34 | comment | added | Lightsout | Then that Dmitry guy is one of his buddies? | |
| Feb 16, 2022 at 14:30 | comment | added | Darrel Hoffman | @Trilarion Ostensibly, Russia has term limits for how many consecutive years a person can remain President. There is, however, a loophole, in that you can go back and forth between President and Prime Minister and reset the limit - which is exactly what Putin has done, serving in both roles twice each now, basically alternating with Dmitry Medvedev. | |
| Feb 16, 2022 at 14:19 | comment | added | J... | Nobody can really ever answer this question of anyone. How much real power someone has is never truly known until they try to use it. All we can do is guess. How far will the Russian people let him go? How far will the world? If we had such answers there would not be so much uncertainty in politics. Power isn't something a person has - it's something they're allowed to exercise. | |
| Feb 16, 2022 at 14:01 | answer | added | Tom | timeline score: 23 | |
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| Feb 16, 2022 at 3:28 | history | edited | Rick Smith | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 16, 2022 at 2:05 | answer | added | ohwilleke♦ | timeline score: 38 | |
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| S Feb 16, 2022 at 1:49 | history | asked | Lightsout | CC BY-SA 4.0 |