“The Threat of a Post-War Russia to NATO and Britain, Including the Possibility of Overthrowing Putin”

Wigston said that Russia would be a threat to NATO even if it lost the war against Ukraine. According to him, Russian aviation, its fleet and submarine forces pose a threat to Britain and NATO, and therefore it is necessary to focus on this.

The chief of staff noted that the threat will continue or even intensify if dictator Vladimir Putin is overthrown.

“When the conflict is over and Ukraine re-establishes its borders as needed, we will have a damaged, vengeful and brutal Russia whose means of harming us is air attack, missile strike and underground attack,” Wigston said.

Is it possible to overthrow Putin

For now, Putin’s grip on Russia remains solid despite military setbacks in Ukraine, failed mobilization and political infighting. However, there are opinions that this can quickly change if he is completely defeated.

For her part, Tatyana Stanova, founder of the R.Politik analyst firm, said Putin would be in trouble if he ran out of options to escalate the conflict.

In that case, she said, the elite would try to persuade Putin to step down, but noted that there had yet to be any sign of the coups that toppled Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in 1964 or targeted Mikhail Gorbachev in August 1991.

Recall that the Kremlin put forward conditions for the end of the war on the territory of Ukraine. The Office of the President has already given an answer.

Read urgent and important messages about Russia’s war against Ukraine on the channel RBC-Ukraine on Telegram.