More realistically, he'll probably die of old age or be ousted by someone younger and more exciting to the wealthy elite that keep Putin in power. Real change may come after that, but a change in leadership is not going to immediately fix long term issues like corruption, wealth disparity, etc.
Unless the Russians violently purge there elites, a new dictator will take the seat before the corpse is cold. He may even hold a sham election to "legitimize" himself as the best person to sand next to a window with.
True. Another possibility is that the economy (and infrastructure gotten their maintenance money stolen for 20 years and starts to crumble) goes down with a skyrocketing inflation going to the moon killing the ruble, and who knows what happens when you can't pay your army any more ...
Take it with a grain of salt, as I am not an expert, but it looks like China would prefer an 'independent' country that is ruled by Chinese government in secret. That way they don't need to fix and repair all the shit, and can only spend bare minimum of effort needed to keep slaves citizens alive
This just piles up on the reasons Russia needs to be denuclearisased, putin getting ousted, democracy installed and so on.
Indeed and same goes for israel or USA. Every nation involved in shady actions should be denucleariased and its politician held account for their crimes.