2023-05-11 12:45:00
The latter is increasingly critical of the Kremlin in the face of the latest routs of the Russian army and, more recently, the withdrawal of the army from the city of Bakhmout.
Sergei Jirnov, a former KGB spy, told La Dépêche du Midi in an interview that Prigozhin had gained the upper hand over Putin in public opinion. “The words spoken against the Minister of Defense Shoigu or the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Gerasimov for some time show that all symbols have been exceeded. Prigozhin is the interim president, Putin no longer exists. And if he is not killed before, Prigozhin will be president in 2024“, he confides to La Dépêche du Midi.
Before continuing: “To be a candidate, he must take Bakhmout and he hasn’t been able to do so for 8 months. He knows that he will be called to account and his excuse is the failure of the Russian army which would not provide the equipment. Prigozhin is at the front and creates his own propaganda lamenting the loss of his men“.
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“Putin is an outdated man”
And this, to the detriment of Vladimir Putin who is increasingly weakened. To the point that he never did anything against Prigojine. Previously, those who criticized the Russian regime did not come out unscathed. But Vladimir Putin can’t do anything against Prigozhin, according to Sergei Jirnov: “How can he punish a man who has fifty thousand men in arms? He can no longer do anything in a war he himself has provoked. Putin is an outdated, crazy man who has delegated the right to legitimate violence to a private person”.
The former KGB spy also spoke about the future of the war. “Prigojine knows that if there is a counter-attack (note: from Ukraine), he will lose. But he will blame the defeat on the Russian army. And on Putin’s side, the conventional war cannot be won because Ukraine is now armed to the teeth. He has three options left: suicide, an end to the war, or the use of nuclear weapons. And the more Ukrainians earn, the more likely the last option seems”, he worries.
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