Has Putin Died? What We Know, What We Don't

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47. Wow!

This is turning into a great movie script. Dictator suffers fatal heart attack, officials hide the fact from the public, paranoia sets in and dictator's physicians are locked in room with corpse (which will ripen in short order) to avoid any loose lips regarding Dear Leader's demise. Meanwhile, a palace coup/scramble begins, big dogs and little dogs fighting over power.

What to do, what to do?

Will the doctors be executed? Will one of Putin's infamous 'doubles' be pushed onto the world stage while the palace dogs continue to snarl and growl and tear one another to pieces until only one is left, emerges as the Great Protector of Mother Russia.

Lots of narrative potential here. LOL.

Gotta say, the rumors are entertaining, far more than the grim reality of Vladimir Putin's treacherous rule.