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  • Russia's Elite Want Putin Out, Successor in Mind: Ukraine Intel Chief

    03/20/2022 3:41:43 PM PDT · by libh8er · 88 replies
    MSN ^ | 3.20.2022 | Thomas Kika
    ..The post boldly begins with, "Poisoning, sudden disease, accident—Russian elite considers the possibility of removing Putin." "In the environment of the Russian business and political elite, a group of influential persons opposing [Vladimir Putin] is formed," the post reads. "Their goal is to remove Putin from power as soon as possible and restore economic ties with the West, destroyed due to the war in Ukraine." The alleged group is not only planning to potentially assassinate Putin, the post claims, it has also decided on a potential successor: Alexander Bortnikov, who currently serves as Russia's Federal Security Service director, and headed...
  • Putin's 4 inner circle: Geraimov, Shoigu, Patrushev, Bortnikov.

    03/18/2022 6:23:29 PM PDT · by Conservat1 · 9 replies
    CNN, Mar 18, 2022, (Jim Scitto on Anderson Cooper)
    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...