“A Kremlin veteran has delivered a stark warning to Vladimir Putin, saying that his leadership is at risk of being overthrown due to mounting regional tensions and a deteriorating Russian economy. 

Russia's Communist Party leader, Gennady Zyuganov, made the remarks in a speech in parliament, where he claimed that the government preferred to listen to 'influencers from Monaco' rather than to the concerns of its own citizens.

The Putin loyalist was referring to Monaco-based Russian blogger Victoria Bonja, who recently hit the spotlight after criticising Russia's leadership for implementing an internet ban across the country.

She also addressed how four years of war with Ukraine have battered the federation with rising food prices, higher taxes, and inflation. …”

https://mol.im/a/15758011

In other news two more Russians die from mysterious falls from buildings.

"And then it got worse"

An Abridged History of Russia

Putin is old school communist . He know how to handle dissidents .

Putin’s leadership should be at risk for his systematic killing of Russian men as cannon fodder but that is tolerated …

That’s a bold move making that speech. How long do you give him?

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Originally posted by 400m:
That’s a bold move making that speech. How long do you give him?

However long the polonium that’s already in their systems takes to take effect.

He can’t be that stupid, he must have the backing of the Politburo or whatever they call themselves these days. Putin may have run his course.

Gorbachev was pretty powerful and a failed coup left him ham-stringed resulting in Yeltsin taking over.

One minute he's enjoying a weekend at his dacha, then he's suddenly a hostage for 3 days, a bunch of republics declare independence, and 4 months later he handed the Kremlin and nuclear suitcase over to Yeltsin.

Strange things have happened in that country before:

“Nobody was left in doubt that like all his six predecessors in the post of General Secretary, Gorbachev would use force if exhortation was not enough. That the seventh General Secretary would also be the last was unimaginable.”
— David Pryce-Jones, The Strange Death of the Soviet Empire (New York: Metropolitan Books, 1995), 2.

I would like to say/believe that it couldn’t hurt for Putin to be gone, but I have sworn off making predictions (along with recommendations) about most things.