Tuesday, May 3, 2022, 9:15 p.m.
Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed his nation two weeks ago
There are rumors in Moscow that a number of former KGB generals and officials are preparing to overthrow Russian President Vladimir Putin and end the war in Ukraine, which is increasingly a mistake and economic catastrophe.
The top of Putin’s former employer, Russia’s security service, the FSB, is said to be so frustrated with Ukraine’s lack of military progress that it has attacked a number of generals and former generals, according to various media in Eastern Europe and Germany.
In particular, a group called the security forces, former FSB officers who are active in Russian politics, is said to be urging Putin to oust Putin, along with former GRU, KGB and FSO officers, and other Russian intelligence units.
The idea that a coup may be imminent is further reinforced by social media activity in Russia and Eastern Europe, which has intensified over the past 24 hours. In addition, analysts inside and outside Russia say there are signs that Putin may be facing a coup.
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The Russian president is reportedly “very concerned” that a coup may be imminent and has increased security in and around the Kremlin.
“Does it matter? It matters a lot,” Russian security expert Andrei Soldatov told the Center for European Policy Analysis.
“This is the first time the security forces have distanced themselves from the president. Which opens up all sorts of possibilities. ”
Russian security expert Andrei Soldatov
“The Russian president has been preparing for a coup for several weeks, as he has faced fierce criticism of his” special operation “in Ukraine, and he has cleared about 150 of his spies for constant failures,” Soldatov said.
There are also rumors that Putin’s health has been affected since the start of the war. In a number of videos, the Russian president looks tired and annoyed.
Tensions between the FSB and Putin
It has become clear that relations between the FSB and Putin have deteriorated since the start of the war.
Last month, two senior FB officials were placed under house arrest by Putin.
Andrei Soldatov, who heads the well-informed investigative website Agentura, said Sergei Beseda, head of the Fifth Service – a branch of the FSB’s foreign intelligence – and his deputy had been detained and placed under house arrest.
The move is seen as a clear sign that Putin is deeply concerned about the FSB’s role in the offensive against Ukraine and fears that intelligence forces may work against it, Western officials told the Agentura platform.
“Both have played a major role in intelligence operations against Ukraine for several years and are likely to have played an important role in planning the invasion,” said one.
“There may be significant changes at the highest levels in the FSB.
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Russian analyst Alexei Muraviev is also convinced that the Russian president is facing a coup by his top military and intelligence chiefs.
Muraviev told Sky News Australia that an attempt to oust Putin could be inevitable because “I think there was tension between Russia and the intelligence community and Russian President Vladimir Putin.”
“It is clear that a clear mistake was made in the assessment and it is probably driven by Putin himself about the situation in Ukraine.
Russian analyst Alexei Muraviev
“I think such a false story was presented to them by the Commander-in-Chief, and when he responded when the Russians began to take heavy casualties, Putin began to quietly blame the security services,” he continued.
“I don’t think it went very well because it comes from the security apparatus.”
“Regarding the initial planning and the initial phase of the invasion, where the Russian military naturally assumes that they are going there as liberators and not as invaders,” he explained.
When City AM approached him, no one in the Kremlin was available for comment.
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