Call me crazy, but I don't think it would take much of a protest for the Putin regime to topple. I believe most soldiers have abandoned Ukraine. Like Sri Lanka, I believe the guards would disappapear if a crowd marched on government buildings.

Putin has done a masterful job of putting the population in a psychosis. The guy can barely walk or hold his hand steady and the population acts like he's some all-powerful immortal God.

Never have they had such power to change things--and yet!