Could Putin Be Assassinated?

The meme here is interesting, isn’t it?

On her show “Fresh Air” yesterday, Terry Gross interviewed American journalist and historian Anne Applebaum, who has written extensively about Marxism–Leninism and the development of  Central and Eastern Europe.   Most of her recent work has centered around Russia and the Ukraine, going back to the formation of the country in the early 1990s.

Terry asked her guest if she’d like to comment on the possibility that Putin could be taken out by one of his own people, perhaps by poison, which, of course, is one of his favorite tools. Applebaum denied to comment, noting only that he remains very distant (physically) from all others, and perhaps communicates in person only with his bodyguards.  Yet I found it interesting that the question presented itself.