Dear Putin

I dearly look forward to the power vacuum that will suck Russia into the dark ages after you die.

I wonder if you’re concerned with your legacy? Your belief that you’ve returned to the glorious days of the USSR is misguided. There never were any glory days. But there were dark ones. I applaud your intent to ensure that the next Russia will look nothing like what you imagine it to be: etched profiles of your face on windowless cement boxes.

Dictators die. And we’re all looking forward to it.

Soon.