Putin's Power Could Be Challenged Within Months, Christopher Steele Says.
As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth month, Russian President Vladimir Putin's power could soon face a challenge from a number of senior officials, according to former U.K. intelligence official Christopher Steele.
"There is now a serious vacuum in the Kremlin in terms of command and control. I don't think it can last a lot longer. I think it is worse than anyone has dared to express, in terms of the collapse of governance in Russia," Steele told the New Statesman on Wednesday.
"There is a sense of who has got the potential power resources to do it and they are very few," he added. "The two mentioned are Alexander Bortnikov and Nikolai Patrushev."
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