Putin's 4 inner circle: Geraimov, Shoigu, Patrushev, Bortnikov.

CNN, Mar 18, 2022, (Jim Scitto on Anderson Cooper)

[Conservat1]

Valery Gerasimov: Russian General of the Army, the current Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and first Deputy Defence Minister.

Sergei Shoigu:

General of the Army who has served as Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation since 2012. Shoigu has also served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Defense of the Commonwealth of Independent States since 2012.

Nikolai Patrushev:

Security officer and intelligence officer. He served as Director of the Russian Federal Security Service, which is the main successor organization to the Soviet KGB, from 1999 to 2008, and he has been Secretary of the Security Council of Russia since 2008.

Alexander Bortnikov has been Director of the FSB since 12 May 2008. He belongs to the Siloviki of Putin's inner circle.

[Cecily]

Putin needs a von Stauffenberg, and a 100% successful one at that.

[Conservat1]

He is stuck now. Big time.

[Thunder90]

Gennady Zyuganov is in the mix as well.

[Conservat1]

“Putin needs a von Stauffenberg, and a 100% successful one at that.”

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Some say Putin spends most of his time in a fortified bunker.

[Conservat1]

I see

[beethovenfan]

Boris Badenov and Natasha.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Meeester Beeeg

[Renfrew]

From photos even his inner circle are not allowed within 30 feet of Putin.

I’m sure thoughts of Valkyrie have a lot to do with that.

[SunkenCiv]

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