“Even Lavrov fully believed that it would be something like a threat of war, but in reality – only” DTR “and” LTR “,” Grozev told Ukrainian journalist Dmitry Gordon in an interview with Donbass separations.
“He himself was shocked to learn that there would be a real war,” Grozev said, citing a source well known for Lavrov’s daughter.
Precisely because Putin has not warned even the people in the immediate circle of his plans, there is a certain amount of uncertainty in these people when they publicly speak out about the invasion.
“Therefore, the faces we see for these people. That is the face [Putina preses sekretāram Dmitrijam] Peskovam. It is very difficult to call it a long face and say that he believes what he is saying. We have never seen anything like it before, but the elite is very scared, “the journalist explained.
According to Grozev, the elite is not yet ready to oppose Putin.
“Recently, my colleagues and I listened to a recording of a conversation between an oligarch very close to Putin, who told another oligarch that it would be better if he died of it (there is a suspected illness) because he destroyed us, he destroys Ukraine, he destroys Russia. “That ‘s how they think. That is, they are actively and passively thinking about ending it,” said a Bellingcat journalist.
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