Vladimir Putin could be assassinated with a '****ing hammer to the head' in a secret plot by his own inner circle, a former CIA chief has claimed. .. 'Nobody's gonna ask, "Hey Vladimir, would you like to leave?" No. It's a f***ing hammer to the head and he's dead. 'Or it's time to go to the sanatorium. They schwack him for it. That's what they'll do.' Hoffman speculated that the three key figures who could be behind a plot are defence minister Sergei Shoigu, head of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, and the director of the FSB Alexander Bortnikov. He...