"Poisoning, sudden illness, accident - Russia's elite is probably planning a coup against Putin

Created: 03/23/2022, 16:24

By: Nail Akkoyun

In view of the precarious situation in the country, the Russian elite is said to be planning the overthrow of Vladimir Putin.

A confidant of Putin is to be installed as his successor.

Moscow – In Russia* the elites are said to be planning to depose President Vladimir Putin*.

The alleged masterminds are said to already have a successor in mind.

That's what the Ukrainian secret service reports - and not particularly discreetly.

On the official Facebook page of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, a post begins with the following words: "Poisoning, sudden illness, accident - the Russian elite is considering the possibility of deposing Putin." formed to oppose [Vladimir Putin],” it said.

"Their goal is to remove Putin from power as quickly as possible and restore economic ties with the West, which were destroyed by the war in Ukraine."

Former Putin confidant is said to be involved in planning the coup d'État

A certain Alexander Vasilyevich Bortnikov was chosen as his successor.

Bortnikov is general and also director of the Russian domestic intelligence service FSB (Federal Service for Security of the Russian Federation).

Bortnikov was sanctioned by the West in February, along with Putin and Foreign Minister Lavrov, for allegedly helping to plan the Ukraine invasion.

Russian elites are apparently planning a coup against Vladimir Putin.

(Archive photo) © Alexander Ryumin/dpa

The ties between the FSB and the Kremlin are close.

It is not for nothing that Bortnikov was long considered an important confidant of Putin.

FSB agents are said to have been behind the poison attack on government critic Alexej Navalny*.

However, from Ukraine* it is said that Putin and Bortnikov have now fallen out, with the Russian President blaming his general for the difficulties in the Ukraine war*.

It would not be the first time that the ruler would let his subordinates feel his frustration.

According to media reports, several Russian generals have been deposed, placed under house arrest or even arrested in recent weeks.

A possible reason why Bortnikov could now actively work on a ouster of Vladimir Putin.

Vladimir Putin angry with secret service: FSB underestimated war between Ukraine and Russia

"It is Bortnikov who has fallen out of favor with the Russian dictator lately," wrote Ukraine's intelligence service.

Putin was angry about the "fatal miscalculations in the war against Ukraine." It was Bortnikov and his department "who were responsible for analyzing the views of the Ukrainian population and the capabilities of the Ukrainian army."

Russian dissident Vladimir Osechkin, who lives in France*, published a series of letters from an alleged whistleblower on his website.

The whistleblower, operating under the alias “Wind of Change”, claims that there is a climate of fear in the FSB because the secret service failed to warn of the immense Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion.

Ukraine-Russia war: are secret services planning to assassinate Vladimir Putin?

A violent overthrow of Vladimir Putin has been a topic of conversation since the beginning of the war.

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham from the US state of South Carolina has repeatedly indicated that the ruler must be assassinated in order to end the Ukraine conflict*.

"You would be doing yourself - and the world - a great service," Graham tweeted.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki strongly condemned Graham's words and stressed that the US* and President Joe Biden* would not endorse such plans: "No, we do not advocate killing the leader of a foreign country or regime change," she said Psaki at a press conference.

A former French secret agent told the US news portal The Daily Beast that he believed all secret services were currently planning to assassinate Putin*.

"The operation is on the planning table of every intelligence service," said the former agent of the Directorate General for External Security (DGSE).

He himself was previously involved in similar planning.

Meanwhile, Putin is planning a “purge” himself.

“Rabble” should be removed from the Kremlin.

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