At this point, Putin must be terrified of being assassinated.

[fightforfreedom]

The Russian culture is a strange culture. You can't speak out against leadership because they will kill you. The only way to remove Putin is by gunpoint, force. People close to Putin who have power are the only ones that can stop him.

I find it hard to believe they are not powerful people in Russia who believe Putin has lost his mind and is going to destroy Russia. We have to hope someone takes action.

Many Germans tried to kill Hitler during WWII, unfortunately Hitler had nine lives.

[PatSeg]

1. Yes, the longer one is in power,

the more enemies one makes. I am sure Putin is aware of that and probably is more paranoid than ever.

[lagomorph777]

5. ...the longer the table gets.

[PatSeg]

11. Ha, ha, ha!!!

Does he really not know what the rest of the world sees when he puts out photos of these ridiculously long tables? It makes him look more isolated and out of touch than ever. Does he have no PR advisers or does he just not listen to them? He's starting to look like he is Howard Hughes paranoid now.

[JoanofArgh]

2. Yep, I would think as someone who has ordered

plenty of assassinations himself, he’s been paranoid for a long time about the same thing happening to him.

[mitch96]

3. Yup, look at the table he sits at... and what are those buttons next to his chair? TNT? nt

[Botany]

4. You think? Putin knows that people are plotting to kill him so he has his "big tables."

We need to have some talk with some of our Russian contacts. Putin has to die ASAP and Russia needs to
get out of the Ukraine.

[C_U_L8R]

6. His Generals must be thinking the same thing.

Either Putin goes... or they go.

[alittlelark]

7. I doubt he gets much, if any, sleep.

[Tomconroy]

8. Rumor#1:

Link to tweet

Rumor#2:

Link to tweet

[PatSeg]

12. That sounds very likely

He is becoming more and more isolated every day.

[uponit7771]

16. Putrid doesn't have 5 generals to fire !! This is crazy ... gotta get a confirmation on this story

[Johonny]

9. I assume Putin will purge people soon, if not doing so already

A nice purge helps keep them in line.

[Baitball Blogger]

10. If we continue to shut down the organizations that allow the Russian mob to

launder money, they might be incentivized to do everyone a favor.

[eShirl]

13. was it last week? Gen. McCaffrey (ret) was making hints about the Ides of March coming up soon

as a guest on MSNBC or CNN

[Thunderbeast]

14. Any advisor bringing news that he doesn't want to hear has been fired

His remaining generals and security advisors are terrified. They are avoiding Windows above the third floor.

Sadly, the military has been purged of the rational thinkers. All of them are trapped. That big red button will be tempting to terrified men who are cornered.

[Wingus Dingus]

15. Polonium 210 on his toothbrush. Come on, somebody--it's that easy.