Putin faces the risk of an intelligence riot, says a source from the FSB – HNonline.sk

Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a real risk of insurgency or coup on the part of increasingly dissatisfied members of Russia’s intelligence services. Tensions are growing in their ranks, mainly due to the harsh sanctions imposed on Russia after the military invasion of Ukraine. The Russian daily human rights defender Vladimir Osechkin told the British newspaper The Times, who in recent weeks published more than a dozen reports from an anonymous source operating in the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). More and more information leaks from FSB According to Osechkin, the founder of the Gulagu.net server, the growing aversion to the Kremlin is evidenced by the fact that more and more Russian intelligence officers, 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, police officers, prosecutors – all these people within the system – could live good lives. But it’s all gone now. They recognize that war is a disaster for both the economy and humanity. They do not want to return to the times of the Soviet Union, “said Osechkin. According to him, the willingness of rather loyal state employees to stand up to the system is also increasing. “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 are adamant that they will no longer be able to enjoy their benefits and goods as before due to Western sanctions. Osechkin’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 “big terror” in Cherson, where it was planning 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’s 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.