User blog comment:YNot1989/World War III/@comment-899576-20100122233817

He did abuse human rights, but I'm well aware that he isn't communist, he just consolidated power to levels that were a little too reminiscent of the soviet union for most people. The fact that he is the Prime Minister of Belarus and Russia, and has stated that he is considering another run for the presidency in 2012 should at the very least make him an appropriate catalyst for this scenario.