{"id":1294840,"date":"2025-09-20T10:38:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T07:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/dictators-fears-why-putin-doesnt-want-to-end-the-war\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T07:50:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T04:50:51","slug":"dictators-fears-why-putin-doesnt-want-to-end-the-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/dictators-fears-why-putin-doesnt-want-to-end-the-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin\u2019s Paranoia: The Real Reason the War Drags On"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nPutin resists ending the war because bringing troops home could destabilize his regime, Reuters reports. History suggests the Kremlin has good reason to fear the consequences.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Military personnel returning from local wars have often become the driving force behind coups: in 1980 in Turkey, in 1974 in Portugal, in 1952 in Egypt, in 1936 in Spain. Prigozhin\u2019s mutiny belongs to the same tradition. It was stopped only because Prigozhin cared more about money than power. That is why the return of the army from the front poses a real threat to Putin\u2019s regime.<\/p>\n

In the totalitarian dictatorship built by Putin, where there are no democratic elections, a change of power is possible in only two ways: either through a coup or through the natural death of the ruler. Last week, we learned that Putin intends to live to the age of 150, with organ transplants and Botox injections to the ears. One hundred fifty years is about twelve presidential terms in Russia. In terms of eternity, not much.<\/p>\n\t\t