which I've believed he will do since he failed to take Kyiv, I assume he will soon lose control of Russia.
Then what happens?
We might get another leader of Russia and probably a better one as Putin is about as bad as it gets.
But in the same way as the Soviet Union crumbled, I think it might split into regions. That will remove the problem of Russian bullying for the foreseeable future.
Five countries: Karelia in the north with St Petersburg as its capital; Muscovy in the west with Moscow as its capital; Ciscaucasia in the south wth Volgograd as its capital; and Siberian Transuralstan in the east, perhaps with Novosibirsk or Irkutsk as its capital. Kaliningrad becomes another independent Baltic state, between Poland and Lithuania.