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"Or they poison him": US expert believes he knows a red line for Putin's orbit

2023-01-16T04:22:13.712Z


"Or they'll poison him": US expert believes he knows the red line for Putin's orbit Created: 01/16/2023 05:07 By: Franziska Schwarz Picture taken on January 13: Vladimir Putin © Sergei Bobylev/Imago Several experts agree: If Putin loses the annexed Crimea, it could mean political death for him. New York - There are many forecasts for the course of the Ukraine war. As well as speculation about


"Or they'll poison him": US expert believes he knows the red line for Putin's orbit

Created: 01/16/2023 05:07

By: Franziska Schwarz

Picture taken on January 13: Vladimir Putin © Sergei Bobylev/Imago

Several experts agree: If Putin loses the annexed Crimea, it could mean political death for him.

New York - There are many forecasts for the course of the Ukraine war.

As well as speculation about the Kremlin chief's political plans.

Recent statements by a history professor have now attracted a lot of attention: Giving up Crimea would be Vladimir Putin's "greatest defeat," Michael Kimmage told

Newsweek

.

"Crimea is the most dangerous aspect of the Ukraine war, without a doubt," the Jan. 13 article quoted him as saying.

For Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy it is "crystal clear" that the annexed peninsula must go back to his country.

For Putin, on the other hand, that the area is Russian.

"Only one can win.

That raises the bar.”

Putin and a possible Crimean defeat: "He would face the oligarchs"

If Moscow were to give Crimea back, it would not only be the end for Putin politically, US Navy veteran Sean Spoonts was also convinced in a

Newsweek

interview :

“He would face generals and his government and the oligarchs demanding his resignation.

Or they poison him, or someone shoots him, as is customary in Russia when there is a change of power.”

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In Kimmage's opinion, a defeat in Crimea in the Ukraine war would give the impression in Russia "that he doesn't have things under control".

Other experts interviewed for the

Newsweek

article made similar statements, reports merkur,.de.

In 2014, Russia annexed Crimea after an internationally unrecognized referendum.

Even then there were sometimes violent separatist movements in the Donbass, where the relationship with Russia is traditionally closer than in the West.

The government in Kyiv has announced that it wants to recapture the peninsula.

A chronology of the Ukraine conflict can be found here.

In the summer, several massive explosions shook Crimea.

Last month, the Kremlin chief then visited the Crimean bridge, which had been repaired. Observers rated Putin's appearance in the Mercedes as a PR appointment with which he wanted to set an example.

Source: merkur

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