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Where are you from? I'm Polish, so is @Guardian Box About Russians, maybe someone still active on SB could invite them here? Koenigsberg is Russian for sure, so were Qinetiq and Alcibiades, but they were banned sadly. (Maybe someone is still in touch with them?)

That would have the opposite effect. Pussy Riot got whipped by Cossacks in public when they tried their thing. Plus I think one of them got prison time for desecration of church. And there was much cheering.

If he wanted to, he would / should have done so earlier...

Well, that's a thing. Medvedev's career burned when he was played by "western partners" as he didn't have the Libia operation vetoed in the UN security council, and then to surprise of exactly no one mission parameters changed to "regime change" and Medvedev was made to look a gullible fool...

It's a bit more complicated. IIRC studies on Russian patriotism show the "youngest" areas also the most patriotic. Caucasus and the Far East are more patriotic (and more eager for military service which in those areas is not just duty but an expected "manly thing" to do) then the big...

Who knows... Maybe he wants to retain a measure of legitimacy. As long as people support his rule (his approval rating is what, 60%? Used to be 80% earlier?) does the dog and pony show of electing some new face for the office now and then really matter? Keep in mind Russia came a very long way...

He should have appointed himself the Tsar (rumor has it he has a pretty young Tsaritsa on the side, along with a young Tsarevich by her), so the dynasty would have been secured. ;)