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0 pointssgt1013y ago0 comments

I think it's more likely that he retires to the country.

Precedent matters if you may be on the other end of it in months/years.

Also retirement to the country is not forever, which again is useful in political struggles to come.

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Beltiras3y ago

This is exactly why dictators never retire. They would always be a thorn in the new rulers side.

ck453y ago

They do retire, but in exile

From https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/688225

> Exile has been the second most common fate for dictators who lost office since World War II

See https://www.upf.edu/documents/2873379/2873034/Dictator_JOP_O... for a list of dictators and their destinations from 1946 to 2012

sgt101OP3y ago

I was thinking of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Khrushchev#Life_in_reti...

EdwardDiego3y ago

Often it's because the constitution of their country states that a sitting President can't be brought up on charges - Mugabe is a very obvious example.

But don't worry, Yeltsin had Putin's back...

> President of Russia, ceased to carry out its mandate, has immunity. They can not be held criminally or administratively liable for acts committed by them during the execution of the President's powers

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Russia

dsq3y ago

History teaches that very rarely do dictators survive a fall. Putin is likely to face the firing squad. No successor could take the chance of leaving him alive.

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