![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/putin-will-be-gone-within-a-year-and-the-west-must-be-ready-for-his-terrifying-replacement-warns-ex-mi6-spy/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/newspress-collage-23242070-1690586042267.jpg&description=VLADIMIR Putin's 20-year iron fist reign will be over within a year, a former MI6 spy claimed. Christopher Steele, who ran MI6's Russia desk between 2006 and 2009, said the West needs to "prepare for the end of the Putin era". 2 Vladimir Putin and and Russia's FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov (right) Credit: Reuters 2 Former UK intelligence officer Christopher Steele said Putin will be gone within a year Credit: AFP After two decades in power, Putin's once unquestionable control of Russia appears to be over following the Wagner rebellion and the disastrous Ukraine war. After the extraordinary mutiny from Yevgeny Prigozhin, experts have warned that the Kremlin's "poisonous spiders" were out for blood. Laying out possible scenarios, Steele suggested the tyrant could be assassinated by internal rebels - or by a plot from outside of Russia. He told Sky News this would be the worst scenario for the West as "all bets would be off" - with likely "bloodshed". But Steele also pointed to "very credible sources telling us he's been ill for some time" - suggesting Putin could die suddenly from illness. The leader could be ousted by an armed rebellion, or even decide it's time to go and step down at the next election in March 2024, Steele added. But he explained that the most likely ending for Putin will be "violent" move to kill or topple him. "A move is made violently, if necessary, to kill or topple Putin in favour of another securocrat or regime oligarch," Steele said. "But [it will be] one who has distanced themselves from the war and is prepared to negotiate on ending it genuinely with the West." And the former spy revealed FSB director Alexander Bortnikov could be one of the frontrunners to take power from Putin, Steele said. He said "rising star" Aleksey Dyumin, the governor of Tula oblast, is another potential successor, along with oligarch Igor Sechin and former Russian prime minister Viktor Zubkov. Bortnikov is the current director of Russia's FSB - making him one o){kind=link}
VLADIMIR Putin’s 20-year iron fist reign will be over within a year, a former MI6 spy claimed.
Christopher Steele, who ran MI6’s Russia desk between 2006 and 2009, said the West needs to “prepare for the end of the Putin era”.
After two decades in power, Putin’s once unquestionable control of Russia appears to be over following the Wagner rebellion and the disastrous Ukraine war.
After the extraordinary mutiny from Yevgeny Prigozhin, experts have warned that the Kremlin’s “poisonous spiders” were out for blood.
Laying out possible scenarios, Steele suggested the tyrant could be assassinated by internal rebels – or by a plot from outside of Russia.