Russian President Vladimir

started a war against Ukraine and his regime is currently playing for survival.

The dictator perfectly understands that defeat is inevitable, and his closest circle has long understood the collapse of his regime.

The head of the committee of the French parliament on national defense and the armed forces, Tom Gassilloud, suggested how Putin would be removed from power.  

He told about this in

TSN.ua.

"A year ago, we thought it unlikely that President Putin would start this war, because the cost to Russia turned out to be enormous. We probably did not take into account a number of more subjective parameters, such as the psychological state of Putin, who was withdrawn during the period (of the pandemic - ed.) Covid-19, or, more fundamentally, his personal situation. Through this war, Putin is gambling on the survival of his regime. The October Revolution after World War I, or the collapse of the Soviet Union after the war in Afghanistan, showed us how Russian regimes could fall shortly after the military defeat. Putin knows very well that his regime is under threat from within, and the Russian elite is beginning to accept the possibility of defeat. I will not make any predictions about the future, but I believe that we must learn to think like our competitors,than to focus on one's own framework of perception of this," he noted.

It will be recalled that Putin recently stated that "Russia is acting in the right direction and is protecting its national interests" and expressed confidence that "99.9% of Russians are ready to do everything for the benefit of the Motherland."

However, the CPD denied such a statement and noted that, according to Western experts, as a result of the "special operation"

, and Russians are already feeling the country's economic decline.

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