Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, from South Carolina, has caused controversy by apparently calling on Russians to assassinate Russian president Vladimir Putin.
“Is there a Brutus in Russia?” he asked in a tweet which sparked condemnation from both Republicans and Democrats. He later repeated his call on Fox News.
Fiona Hill, an ex-adviser on Russia to three U.S. presidents, is apparently thinking along the same lines: an inner clique of people from intelligence, military and security services and that Putin would have to worry if “it looks like Russia is losing,” she told The Late Show on Wednesday.
“If they have to kind of lay waste to Ukraine to basically get a success, you might then start to get a backlash from those people who are thinking this has not gone as they intended,” she added.
Ian Johnson, assistant professor of military history at the University of Notre Dame, told Newsweek that the possibility of a coup was a faint one. “Putin has surrounded himself with individuals he believes are incapable of succeeding him, but should the war go poorly over an extended period of time, Putin may face the prospect of removal.”
Image: U.S. Senate Photographic Studio-Renee Bouc
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