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Putin has put himself inside of a vicious cycle of his own accord.
He stole so much that the only way to escape prosecution is to ensure limitless power, which is only attainable by paying an army of personal guards, into which the whole country's police force is transformed, but who's loyalty is based solely on their paychecks funds for which are shrinking thanks to Western sanctions.
It's an endurance race. We must endure.