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Putin 'will nominate his chosen heir this year rather than risk being toppled' as Russia's military disaster sees his popularity plummet, former ally says
MAILONLINE ^ | 13 January 2023 | WILL STEWART

Posted on 01/13/2023 6:45:29 AM PST by dennisw

Vladimir Putin will seek to nominate his chosen successor this year amid heavy losses on the battlefield, Abbas Gallyamov, his former speechwriter, said

Putin's circle no longer see him as a 'guarantor of stability' and are alarmed by the rise of Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the well-armed Wagner private army, which is so far loyal to the Kremlin but could turn on an elite seen as failing in the war, Gallyamov said.

They fear being slaughtered with Prigozhin's sledgehammer - the extrajudicial punishment given to his jail convict soldiers who refuse to fight or seek to defect to Ukraine.

One of Prigozhin's former Wagner mercenaries, who changed sides in the Ukraine war, Yevgeny Nuzhin, 55, had his head taped to a brick wall and was beaten to death with a sledgehammer in November when he was captured by his former colleagues.

Prigozhin praised the defector's execution and said that a 'dog receives a dog's death' in response to the video of Nuzhin being bludgeoned to death.

Since Putin's war began, Putin's allies like Prigozhin and Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov have begun jockeying for power and prominence, suggesting that they could one day want to supplant him.

It comes as Putin was accused of 'driving his own people to slaughter by the thousands' in his drive to secure the key settlement of Soledar in eastern Ukraine.

Putin has seen his popularity plummet after his army has seen a series of devastating losses on the battlefield.

Gallyamov said: 'The apparatus looks at Prigozhin and stops seeing Putin as guarantor of their stability.

Vladimir Putin will nominate his chosen successor this year rather than risk being toppled as the Russian President's popularity continues to plummet amid a series of military defeats in Ukraine, his former ally has claimed.

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1 posted on 01/13/2023 6:45:29 AM PST by dennisw
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Putin will seek to hand over power to a chosen heir and retire to his £1billion Black Sea ‘palace’ rather than risk the ignominious fate of toppled tyrants like Muammar Gaddafi, said Abbas Gallyamov, Putin’s former speechwriter.


2 posted on 01/13/2023 6:45:54 AM PST by dennisw ("You don't have to like it. You just have to do it")
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Vladimir Putin will nominate his chosen successor this year rather than risk being toppled as the Russian President's popularity continues to plummet amid a series of military defeats in Ukraine, his former ally has claimed

Vladimir Putin will nominate his chosen successor this year rather than risk being toppled as the Russian President's popularity continues to plummet amid a series of military defeats in Ukraine, his former ally has claimed

3 posted on 01/13/2023 6:47:48 AM PST by dennisw ("You don't have to like it. You just have to do it")
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They say this every year.
Putin should just kill Zelensky, reclaim Uklraine, then retire.


4 posted on 01/13/2023 6:51:49 AM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1 ( )
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What happened to Stage 8 cancer????


5 posted on 01/13/2023 6:52:19 AM PST by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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Right. And I’m sending a space probe to Mars later this year.


6 posted on 01/13/2023 6:52:46 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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But, they are fielding 500,000 more troops. Next week. Victory is imminent. //sarc


7 posted on 01/13/2023 6:53:05 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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Putin’s gonna take the money and run. Down to his retirement compound in Sochi, to live out the rest of his cancerous years. Putin is sick and tired of the unworthy Russian people. Same as Hitler was disgusted with the unworthy of him, German people at the end of his life.


8 posted on 01/13/2023 6:55:26 AM PST by dennisw ("You don't have to like it. You just have to do it")
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Which type of cancer, I hear he’s been diagnosed with multiple types of cancer, any of which is fatal.


9 posted on 01/13/2023 6:56:26 AM PST by srmanuel
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I read this immediately after I read an article saying how the deep state will use the “classified documents” issue to remove Joe Biden

It would fit well with Russia.

Is there a difference? I’m starting to think - NO.


10 posted on 01/13/2023 6:56:40 AM PST by PGR88
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Do you get to retire, on your own terms, from such a job? Even if he goes to his mansion on the Black Sea, does his successor want him alive there?


11 posted on 01/13/2023 6:56:56 AM PST by nickcarraway
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12 posted on 01/13/2023 6:58:27 AM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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Why is it a military or political disaster when the Russkies lose wars, but not a military or political disaster when we lose wars?


13 posted on 01/13/2023 7:04:05 AM PST by Sooth2222 (“Toute nation a le gouvernement qu’elle mérite.” ("Every nation has the government it deserves.”) )
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Tails from the front need to have some confirmation in fact. So far, this whole fiasco has suffered fact free reporting.


14 posted on 01/13/2023 7:05:52 AM PST by Steamburg (Other people's money is the only language a politician respects; starve the bastards)
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I read this immediately after I read an article saying how the deep state will use the “classified documents” issue to remove Joe Biden

It would fit well with Russia.

Is there a difference? I’m starting to think - NO.

Deep State just removed a US president by (at the very least) suppressing true info about Biden and manufacturing lies about Trump.

15 posted on 01/13/2023 7:09:45 AM PST by Sooth2222 (“Toute nation a le gouvernement qu’elle mérite.” ("Every nation has the government it deserves.”) )
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Putin...sees his popularity plummet...

Yeah, it's down to 79% from 80%.

Uke Nazis and Biden shills on the other hand ...

Their plan is Putin will die laughing at their popularity.

16 posted on 01/13/2023 7:14:42 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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Hey Dennis, stuck in the Daily Male again?


17 posted on 01/13/2023 7:16:56 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Steamburg

OK, ask yourself this -

IF Russia was actually winning, wouldn’t the numerous Putin cheerleaders be on FR bragging about it?

of course ... so are they doing that?

NO, they’re not ... which logically means Russia ISN’T winning on the battlefield

in another month, this war enters Year Two


18 posted on 01/13/2023 7:23:55 AM PST by canuck_conservative
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“Putin ‘will nominate his chosen heir this year...”

Is that before or after he dies for the 7th time?


19 posted on 01/13/2023 7:33:57 AM PST by BobL
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To: Sooth2222

I agree with your sentiment. Our beloved US govt is quite similar to the governments in China and Russia. It’s all about who controls the cheese.

My “moment” came while I was on a trip to China in 2017. I observed ordinary Chinese people wanting to live their lives and young people wearing expensive tennis shoes and playing video games on airplanes.

Until there are term limits in government and laws passed to outlaw lobbying after government or military service, graft and corruption will only continue. Sadly, this will never occur. The beast has grown beyond any level of management short a reset of radical changes to the life that we know.

Funny, I used to naively believe corruption only existed in 3rd world $hitholes like Mexico (ala La Mordida). Nope, it is a constant in everything from child sports (parents/coaches) and acceptance into premier universities to the upper reaches of govt.

MFO


20 posted on 01/13/2023 7:38:33 AM PST by Man from Oz
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