[hdjjhhvvhga]

> I do not believe that Russia as a country will change soon, so one of the best ways to accelerate the process is to help intelligent people to leave the country, as Arkady does.

At a personal lever, I feel it's very good and I wish these Russian all the best trying to do something meaningful in exile. On a more global level, though, it's clear that if all anti-war folks leave, the country becomes even more pro-war, and there is nobody left to save it.

[bobuk]

That's the difference between us: you're believe in possibility to save the country, I believe that "Carthage must be destroyed" before people can build the new country on top of that. 20 years of dictatorship for Russia, even more for Belarus - it's not something that can be easily fixed.

[sam_lowry_]

A coup or just a sudden death of Putin can change Russia in a matter of weeks.

[hdjjhhvvhga]

The big question is what happens next. Call me biased, but after seeing how my fellow Russian colleagues are transpiring the official propaganda, I think it may end up just like when they kill a dictator in the Middle East (i.e. suffering for everybody), not like in, say, Romania where basically the whole country was against Ceaușescu.