Living in Russia, I have mixed feelings about this slow controlled collapse TBF.

For Russia itself, maybe things being over after a couple of months (or years) of civil war starting in 1999 would be better.

But for everybody else, of course, there are bigger risks associated with that. Not really something nuclear even, just economically less pleasant.

We have a plan to invade literally every country and for if that country invades us that is updated regularly. I always found that kind of funny but it isn't shocking.

It's like saying the police is preparing for thieves robbing the bank or the fire department preparing for a wildfire. It's part of their job and it would be stranger not to have a contingency plan.

The anticipatory poop challenge part deux.

You can be prepared for all kinds of things you aren't expecting. For example you could get occupational disablement insurance while not expecting to ever use it.

Maybe they're preparing for it so it won't be unexpected

Who says they have not prepared for that?

To be fair, it's not exactly an unexpected scenario.

Very unlikely scenario. Expected collapse on the other hand...

It was made into a film called Children of Men.

Someone couldn't rotate it so they just deleted it and pretended it never came.

I suppose it's unexpected because Putin would rather bomb his own citizens than allow a change of status quo.

I thought it was; maybe the link you got was to the front page, or something? The article was mostly about how Prigozhin's attempted coup (or whatever it was) surprised Western leaders, and a bunch of speculation about how the West is scrambling to prepare contingemcy plans. So the one I read seemed to match.

However, I think it was a fluff article, with little substance. Prigozhin has been agitating for weeks, and I seriously doubt MI6 (or the CIA) was surprised by his actions. Or that nobody has a contingency plan for chaos in Russia. Putin's a dictator, and when dictators die, it's rarely a peaceful transition of power.

"Some people in UK government maybe consider thinking about doing something because something happened". Much better title.

Looks old now. He will probably die anyway.