Political scientist Taras Zagarodny believes that Putin canceled his speech at the Federal Assembly because he seriously fears for his life. 

"Apostrophe" writes about it. 

"The cancellation of Putin's speech at the Federal Assembly is a very interesting situation, because according to Russian law, it is the president's duty to speak at this assembly. I think that the issue here is related to security, Putin is simply afraid of assassination attempts. But this is also a bad sign for the elites, because he does not want to communicate even with them. And for them, this will raise even more questions, why do we need such a leader? For the Russian elites, it is clear that the war is lost and they are already trying to adapt their behavior to a post-Putin Russia. In general, Putin is already a big obstacle for those elites who are radical and want to demolish him and get to power. And those elites who he prevents from spending their money in the West do not need him," the political scientist explained.

Putin canceled all his public events on New Year's Eve 

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has decided to cancel his traditional New Year's Eve events.

It is about Vladimir Putin's traditional message to the Federal Assembly and the hockey match that takes place on Red Square on New Year's Eve.

Russian publicist and sociologist Andriy Piontkovsky believes that the dictator did this because he is now more concerned about another problem - how to preserve his life and power.

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