Real world Star Wars meta

 "The Russian system was purposefully designed to be unstable and so that Putin will in the end make all the decisions, and pit everyone against one another. It has kept him in power." (Mark Galeotti in an interview for the Czech news website Aktuálně, referring to the current scrabbling for power inside Russia)

Well well well. If that doesn't sound like Palpatine's strategy and the Empire.
It does leave one wondering what will happen in the inevitable future event of Putin's death.

(Please do not discuss, except as Star Wars meta.)