Can Putin Recover From This?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

The EU Commission announced this afternoon that the European Central Bank will deploy its most powerful financial weapon against Russian aggression. Several hours later, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the Federal Reserve will impose sanctions of its own upon the Russian central bank.

Central-bank sanctions are a weapon so devastating, in fact, that the only question is whether they might do more damage than Western governments might wish. They could potentially bankrupt the entire Russian banking system and push the ruble into worthlessness.

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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/02/how-russian-sanctions-work/622940/

[Stuart G]

1. NO!

Did Nixon recover from ...Watergate?..Much worse than Watergate, involves deaths of soldiers...lots of deaths.

[enid602]

15. Longer Table

I think Putin will need to get a longer table.

[Stuart G]

17. Much longer...As far away from the generals as imaginable.

But it won't work..Putin is dead toast...(apologies to toast)

[Laura PourMeADrink]

28. Actually FG helped Nixon *kinda* recover

[JasonMain]

2. Let's hope not.

[Hekate]

3. I sincerely hope not

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[MarineCombatEngineer]

4. Failed leaders in Russia usually don't have a very long life expectancy,

so I would say no..

[WA-03 Democrat]

26. 100% THIS ⬆️

GO 🇺🇦

[dalton99a]

5. Clearly the goal is regime change

[WheelWalker]

9. Agree. Peace can only be predicated on regime change in the Russian Federation IMO.

[Thomas Hurt]

6. I am good with him ending up dead and hanging by his heels like Mussolini

He might get there if the situation gets bad enough the people rise up.

[WheelWalker]

7. Nyet.

[pandr32]

8. I don't see how

He has nowhere to park his blame--it belongs on his lap. Hopefully, those around him will join together and urge his 'retirement' immediately.

[uponit7771]

10. I don't, the oligarchs will come and grab the My Pillow Guy or something similar

[OAITW r.2.0]

11. Sanctions will remain as long as Putin is in power.

Things won't go back to normal, even when Ukraine gets resolved. The root cause of the problem is Putin and he has to go before sanctions will be relaxed.

[world wide wally]

12. "Sorry Vlad. Your money is no good here"

[bucolic_frolic]

13. No. He's a zombie dictator. No one trusts him, his creds are vaporized. It's all over but the exit.

[SunSeeker]

14. Do it. Sanction them into the Stone Age. nt

[Thtwudbeme]

16. No, and we very well may see a coup in Russia

I think the wealthy there are going to be fairly pissed off when their yachts and Italian Villas are taken.

Hell, those wealthy Russians in FL are getting antsy- wait til their maids quit when their checks bounce.

[Buckeyeblue]

18. No. He went to far. And he threatened use of his nukes.

What's interesting is that he didn't have to do this. The price of oil is such that he could have made some serious money. He was set for a new agreement with Germany. He was really establishing strong ties with China. He could have pivoted away from Ukraine. But for some reason he was willing to risk it all for an unprovoked invasion. His judgment is really bad. And that is worrisome.

But because he went too far, Europe and the US will never forgive him. And I can't imagine China wants a friend like this.

[Irish_Dem]

19. Putin thought he would emerge as a strong superpower force, instead he may lose everything.

[BlueJac]

20. No

[PortTack]

21. He can if he withdraws and goes home

[DemocratSinceBirth]

24. That would be a humiliating defeat. It would be as if we failed in our initial invasions of Iraq and

Afghanistan

[PortTack]

29. It would. But he certainly isn't winning with what he's doing now. The uglier it gets the worse it

Will be for him

[vanlassie]

27. Nah.

He’s weak.

[bluestarone]

22. Zelensky should demand to meet with the NEW leader of russia!

Because putin is a LOSER like TFG!

[Dirty Socialist]

23. Putin is a genius!

So savvy. So very savvy (or so I heard, LOL)

[Silent3]

25. As this guy's protest sign says so well...

[WarGamer]

30. At this point, no.

He'll be lucky if he's allowed to retire to some mountaintop lair and live out his life with Russian State protection over his head.

[Scrivener7]

31. No. He's shown himself to be a nutball.