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Stalin seemed to manage it OK for several decades.
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making exit visas difficult, effectively turning Russia into a prison. This would make him a dead man walking. His own people would definitely get rid of him.
That FT piece made the example that he can now remodel the country to a China model with much stricter controls on many aspects of life. No doubt the wealthiest will still be able to buy visa's and everyone else wouldn't be able to afford to go anywhere else anyway after the crushing sanctions
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@nick_h.
The brain drain is a huge negative. This is the biggest miscalculation he has made. He'll probably be forced to contain it by making exit visas difficult, effectively turning Russia into a prison. This would make him a dead man walking. His own people would definitely get rid of him.