![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/putins-regime-facing-collapse-as-predators-circle-claims-kgb-expert/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/newspress-collage-20325022-1667571791928.jpg&description=VLADIMIR Putin is losing grip on power and his regime faces total collapse as "predators" circle around due to his disastrous handling of the war in Ukraine, claims a KGB expert. Yevgenia Albats, who now lives in exile, said Putin can no longer keep at bay competing power groups that want to take over the Kremlin. Sergey Kiriyenko, 60, is one of the contenders said to be keen on ousting PutinCredit: East2West Agriculture minister Dmitry Patrushev, son of former FSB director and hardman Nikolai Patrushev, has been accused of plotting to overthrow PutinCredit: East2West The Russian investigative journalist said Putin faced a "lunch of the predators" and a "war of all against all" in his inner circle. More than two decades ago Albats wrote 'The State within a State' about how the Soviet-era KGB secret service had taken control of the new Russia. Now she sees Putin - a former KGB spy - losing his ability to control the powerbrokers because of his seriously weakened political state by his blunders in Ukraine. 'The fight has begun inside the very top echelons of Russian power,' she told independent Russian TV channel Rain. 'We are witnessing the lunch of the predators. 'What's happening now is a key manifestation of breakdown within the power [structures]. 'And of the fact that Putin can no longer act as mediator between various interest groups - that the war of all against all has begun….' Albats - forced to flee Russia in September after being declared a 'foreign agent' - said: "And I want to hope this will crash this inhumane regime, [which is] killing people in Ukraine and its own mobilised people in Russia. '[What we now see] is war at the very top of the power echelon. 'And Putin can no longer serve as a mediator, which is his key function. Therefore, he [Putin] is next.' She pointed to a number of recent incidents showing Putin's real power seeping away. These included a campaign to oust his defence minister Sergei Shoigu and leading generals by Chechen leader){kind=link}
VLADIMIR Putin is losing grip on power and his regime faces total collapse as “predators” circle around due to his disastrous handling of the war in Ukraine, claims a KGB expert.
Yevgenia Albats, who now lives in exile, said Putin can no longer keep at bay competing power groups that want to take over the Kremlin.
The Russian investigative journalist said Putin faced a “lunch of the predators” and a “war of all against all” in his inner circle.
More than two decades ago Albats wrote ‘The State within a State’ about how the Soviet-era KGB secret service had taken control of the new Russia.
Now she sees Putin – a former KGB spy – losing his ability to control the powerbrokers because of his seriously weakened political state by his blunders in Ukraine.