A former senior Russian official and ex-KGB operative has suggested that an uprising in Moscow could be looming. He points to a diminishing support for President Vladimir Putin among his closest allies, largely as a result of blunders in Ukraine.
“Putin can’t rule the Kremlin like before,” Gennady Gudkov told The Times in a shocking interview that revealed just how bad things have gotten for Russia’s President.
“He has made lots of stupid mistakes and everyone from the general staff of the armed forces to the leadership of the FSB [security service] to his close aides understands this,” Gudkov added.
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