Putin's demands for peace deal, Turkey as go between

[Lilith7]

Exactly - he's brutal & unpredictable, which is why I think the best move would be for his own people to remove him from office.

There have been protests across Russia because people don't want this war, so the people there would perhaps be happy to see him removed.

The thing is the people might not want this war but its going to have to be someone from his inner circle that doesnt want it and they have to not want it enough to get rid of him one way or the other, I cant see the ordinary folk being able to do much, they would be far too scared anyway because it will be 15 years jailtime.

Yes, agreed - someone (or several someones) from his immediate subordinates who's perhaps keen to become leader, or with a lot of luck, set up a democratic system with actual voting.