>>213601748
>So then who'll succeed him?
Not his problem.
He's basically setting himself up to be out of the line of fire when Russia eats shit and collapses for the second time in 40 years. He won't have to deal with the mess across his border and because he's leaving peacefully while also making overtures towards liberalizing he stands a lower chance of getting nuremberg'd by whatever government forms in his wake. Potatoman is a survivor.