Putin faces the risk of an uprising or coup d’état

Putin faces the risk of insurgency or a coup by members of the secret services, in which dissatisfaction is growing in the ranks for harsh sanctions after the invasion. This is claimed by Russian human rights defender Vladimir Osechkin, who has published more than ten reports in recent weeks from an anonymous source operating in the Russian FSB. According to Osečkin, the founder of the Gulagu.net server, the growing aversion to the Kremlin is already evidenced by the fact that more and more members of the Russian intelligence service, regardless of possible risks, provide information about what is happening inside their offices. “Putin has been creating stability in Russia for 20 years. FSB officers, cops, prosecutors – all these people within the system – could live a good life. But it’s all gone now. They recognize that war is a disaster for both the economy and humanity. They do not want to go back to the Soviet Union, “said Osechkin, according to which the willingness of previously loyal civil servants to stand up to the system is growing. “Every week and month as this war continues, the probability of a secret service uprising is higher,” he added. According to Osechkin, FSB officers in Russia belonged to a kind of “new nobility” and now suffer from the fact that they will no longer be able to enjoy their benefits and goods as before due to Western sanctions. Osechek’s source inside the FSB has sent several messages in recent weeks, most recently on March 11 that the Kremlin was preparing to unleash a “great terror” in Cherson, where it plans to abduct civilians to Russia. According to Russian secret service experts, the reports are authentic. The Times recalled that their credibility was also confirmed by Bellingcat group investigative journalist Christo Grozev, who revealed the identity of the Salisbury attackers, and Andrei Soldatov, an expert on Russian secret services. Osechkin has been living in exile in France since 2015. His server Gulagu.net is dedicated to detecting and publishing cases of torture in Russian prisons. (times, čtk)