Pressure is mounting in Russia against President Vladimir Putin, especially after heavy casualties suffered by the Russian military in Ukraine, raising the prospect of his ouster, the Daily Beast website reported.
“Putin’s image is no longer as bright as it used to be, and elites in Russia are expected to begin searching for a successor within the next few months,” the website quoted former Putin speechwriter Abbas Galyamov as saying.
According to Galyamov, who spoke to CNN on Thursday, “recent developments in Ukraine have made officials think about ways to create new combat forces,” noting that “if Putin adopts a massive mobilization and recruitment plan, There is no doubt that the masses will rise.”
The Daily Beast website said that Galyamov said that “if Putin starts a big recruitment drive, he will really face the risk of a rebellion. Russians are not ready to go to this war, they are not ready to go and sacrifice themselves. lives,” he said.
And the website quoted Gennady Zyuganov, head of the Russian Communist Party, as saying this week that a “mobilization of forces and resources” was necessary in the coming days to meet the needs of the conflict in Ukraine.
And Zyuganov added – according to the Daily Beast – that “special military operations in Ukraine have become an all-out war, explaining that the war cannot be stopped, but must be ended, either victory or defeat.”
The site added that “the Kremlin does not appear to have any plans to take steps toward mobilization at this time, as Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that there is no discussion of full or partial mobilization.”
The American newspaper Washington Post described the withdrawal of Russian forces from Kharkiv under the attacks of Ukrainian forces as a significant turning point in the fighting, and the counterattack in the region represents a “catastrophic miscalculation” by the Russian president. Vladimir Putin, in which he said that Ukraine would fall, and surrender, and be overwhelmed by Russia’s massive shields.
However, the newspaper emphasized that “a counterattack will not lead to victory” and noted that “Putin tried to keep the Russian people ‘drugged’ with propaganda and should also be concerned about the growing signs of discontent.” As happened in recent days. When politicians in Moscow and St. Petersburg dared to publicly accuse him of treason and demand his resignation.
Source: Lebanon Debate
