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The standing joke about Russia is, the surprising thing isn't a new dictator, it's an actual functioning democracy. So, following either the 1917 Revolution or the 1991 fall of the Wall (your choice), make Russia genuinely democratic: no gangster oligarchs, no controlling oligarchy, & no Putin (or analog).