Basically, Trotsky believed that an international revolution should be initiated by the people, and that Communism wouldn’t succeed if it were only in one country surrounded by capitalistic states. Stalin countered that Marxism should be concentrated and strengthened under strong leadership in one country, which was the case in Russia. It didn’t help Trotsky’s cause within the Communist Party, when he contended that Stalinism in reality was “Tyranny disguised as Communism.”
Hank Bracker
Russian politics
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And we all know what happened to Trotsky.
Assassinations have long been a tool of russian emperors, whether crowned or not.
Nowadays the tool of choice is Polonium-tipped umbrellas. Or, if impractical, full invasion armies.