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Putin is, for all intents and purposes, an absolute ruler. He’s a lot closer to being the “god-king” of Russia than you appear to think.
Absolute rulers don't actually exist. That's fantasy stuff for kids books.
Even under feudalism and in ancient empires the leader wasn't actually like that, they could always go too far and be replaced (with lots of violence of course)