A group of influential people opposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin is being formed among the Russian business and political elite.
Their goal is to remove Putin from power as quickly as possible and restore economic ties with the West, which were destroyed due to the war. This was reported by the Main Directorate of Intelligence in Ukraine.
According to our intelligence officers, part of the Russian political elite considers FSB director Alexander Bortnikov as Putin's successor. It was he who recently fell out of favor with the Russian president due to fatal miscalculations in the war against Ukraine.
It is known that Bortnikov and some other influential representatives of the Russian elite are considering various options for removing Putin from power. In particular, poisoning, a sudden illness, or another “accident”.
It is possible that the recent leak of the location of Chechen units in the north of Kyiv is connected with these processes. Since the information came just from the Russian side.
Probably, in this way the leadership of the FSB is trying to weaken the influence of Kadyrov. It may also be an attempt to establish cooperation with the Ukrainian authorities in advance, bypassing the current leadership of the Russian Federation.
