That was the line I was thinking off, if putin actually does retire from politics (unlikely in this decade, but you never know) The KPRF have an actual chance of winning an election. And since the country's failure of capitalism, and the huge success under socialism, we might not see much opposition from them (I imagine the oligarchs, liberals, and priests would be opposed to it, but some of army officers who were under the USSR might actually support KPRF rise to power).