Ever since the war began, rumors have been circulating about Russian President Vladimir Putin.
It has become speculated wildly about his state of health. British and American intelligence have reported on internal strife in the Russian power elite, and that Putin should have felt led behind the light of his inner circlewho for fear must have made fun of him about what is really happening in Ukraine.
Ukrainian intelligence, for its part, has repeatedly claimed that the power elite around Putin is planning a coupand that the intelligence chief, Aleksandr Bortnikov, who has been close to Putin for a number of years, is a possible replacement.
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New dissatisfaction is now being reported. This time from the investigative Russian journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan, who are experts on Russian security services.
The duo has written one post at the Center for European Policy.
There, they describe that the “Siloviks”, a group of people with a background in Russian security service and military who hold high positions in the state leadership, are now dissatisfied with the president.
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– Does it matter? Yes, it is very important. This is the first time the “Silovikis” have distanced themselves from the president. This means that all possibilities are open, they write as a conclusion in the text they have published.
According to experts, the power group is both dissatisfied with the FSB intelligence service, which they believe has misinformed Putin, but also the president himself for having chosen a bad military strategy in Ukraine.
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They claim that Putin received broad support for the annexation of the Crimean peninsula in 2014, and for its implementation.
– There is something completely different with what is happening now in 2022, write Soldatov and Borogan.
They further claim that there is great dissatisfaction in the Russian military with Putin’s choice to change goals from taking the capital Kyiv, to instead shifting the focus to the Donbass region in the east.
It is known that Alexander Bortnikov and other influential members of the Russian elite are considering the possibility of removing Putin from power. Poisoning, sudden illness and other sudden accidents are not ruled out, Ukrainian intelligence reported recently, wrote Sky News i april.
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Senior researcher Jakub M. Godzimirski at NUPI, on the other hand, believes it is unlikely that we will have a revolution in Russia.
– First we can dismiss the scenario where Putin experiences a political defeat and is removed from power. There is very little indication that this will happen. The system he has built around him will protect him for a long time to come, Godzimirski told Dagbladet recently.
He has also pointed out that one should take allegations from both Russia and Ukraine with a pinch of salt, as there is also an information war between the countries.
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