The head of the FSB may become Putin's successor.
The Russian elite is considering removing Vladimir Putin from power. It can be a sudden illness, an accident or an accident.
This was reported in the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
“A group of influential people is forming among the Russian business-political elite opposition to Vladimir Putin. 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 message says.
A certain part of the Russian political elite of the Russian Federation considers FSB director Alexander Bortnikov as Putin's successor. It is noteworthy that it was Bortnikov who recently fell into disgrace from the Russian dictator.
“The official reason for the fall of the head of the FSB is fatal miscalculations in the war against Ukraine. It was Bortnikov and his department who were responsible for analyzing the mood of the population of Ukraine and the consistency It is known that Bortnikov and some other influential representatives of the Russian elite are considering various options for removing Putin from power: poisoning, a sudden illness, or another “accident” are not ruled out, intelligence reports.
According to intelligence officers, It is possible that the recent “leak” of the location of Chechen units in the north of Kyiv is connected with these processes.
“The information came from the Russian side. Probably, 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,” the GUR emphasized.
