Putin’s former collaborator on CNN: “Possible coup in the coming months”
“Right now, I think a military coup may be possible.” These are the words of Abbas Gallyamov, the former speechwriter of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who during an interview with CNN talks about the number of Russian soldiers who have lost their lives in Ukraine and the difficult living conditions caused by the sanctions as favorable conditions to a military coup.
Now a political analyst, Gallyamov believes the coup could occur within the next twelve months. “The Russian economy is getting worse. The war is lost. There are more and more corpses returning to Russia, so the Russians will have more difficulties and try to find an explanation why all this is happening. They will answer themselves: ‘Well, this is because our country is ruled by an old tyrant, an old dictator,'” Gallyamov said referring to Putin.
According to the analyst, “after a year, a coup becomes a real possibility” because “there is a really hated unpopular president at the head of the country and the war is really unpopular, and they need to shed blood for it”.
It is possible, he adds, that Putin cancels the presidential elections scheduled for March next year. “Judging by his actions, he could really cancel the election. With no victory over the Ukraine, he will face the struggling Russians. The Russians don’t need him if he’s not strong. He could indeed declare martial law and cancel the elections,” Gallyamov said.
