Internal intrigue..a struggle for power, just as so often seen within tyrannical regimes.
Sometimes the goal of the assassins slips away..remember, Hitler was protected from a bomb by a heavy
table leg. After that, there was a serious purge throughout Germany, shall we be observing such a thing in
Russia?
Rasputin...hmmmm It seems almost common knowledge that Rasputin gained his position, because he had a "thing" going with the Czarina Alexandra.
It was said that Rasputin had some very heavy equipment...and they were not talking about tanks!
Maybe Putin should check around home...

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