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Nervous Kremlin faces growing efforts from all sides within Russia to topple Putin as coup rumours swell in Moscow

  • Staunch Putin loyalist Kadyrov criticizes Kremlin on Telegram
  • Lawmakers in St Petersburg urge parliament to prosecute Putin for treason
  • Lawmakers in Moscow call for imminent Putin removal
  • Tensions between Kremlin and security service FSB growing fast
  • Social media activity in Russia in overdrive
  • Analysts convinced Kremlin coup may be imminent
  • ‘Siloviki’ group of former FSB officers pushing hard to replace Putin

The Kremlin seems increasingly unsure what to do with growing calls and efforts to remove its head, Russian President Vladimir Putin.

A range of prominent and well-known Russians have started calling for the removal of the country’s head of state as the invasion into Ukraine is increasingly turning into a disaster.

What complicates the issue is that it’s not merely anti-Kremlin voices who question the country’s leadership.

In fact, one of Putin’s staunchest allies, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, a Kremlin loyalist, has criticised the Russian Army’s performance in Ukraine following a humiliating defeat in Izyum over the weekend, seen as a critical supply hub in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region.

In an 11-minute message posted on Telegram, Kadyrov concluded the invasion is not going to plan and he may feel forced to lecture Putin on what is not going well.

“If today or tomorrow changes are not made in the conduct of the special military operation, I will be forced to go to the country’s leadership to explain to them the situation on the ground.”

Kremlin loyalist Ramzan Kadyrov on Telegram

“I’m not a strategist like those in the defence ministry. But it’s clear that mistakes were made. I think they will draw a few conclusions,” newspaper Novaya Gazeta Europe quoted him as saying.

Kadyrov’s statements are a humiliating blow to Putin: Criticism of the ‘special operation’ in Ukraine is not permitted. Dozens of journalists, lawyers and other individuals who dared to question or criticise the invasion have been arrested in recent months.

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