President Vladimir Putin has “outdone himself” in Ukraine and the war will eventually lead to his downfall, a former senior British spy told Skynews.
Christopher Steele, who wrote a dossier on ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, said the world had seen the “sign” of the Russian leader’s government and could even be ousted by one of them. his close circles.
“The biggest factor that will trigger his political death would be Russia’s collapsing economy as international sanctions hurt,” he said.
The former MI6 official and Kremlin expert pointed out that “the economy is the one that will stop Russia and the one that will probably lead to the fall of this regime.”
Asked if anyone close to Mr Putin could end his leadership, he said: “I think it’s definitely a possibility. “I suspect Putin is very well protected and paranoid about the people around him, of course.”
The former intelligence official said he did not believe the Russian leader could ever be resurrected on the international stage, although he predicted that things would get worse for Ukraine before it was overthrown.
“My view is that, in the short term, we will probably see increased barbarism from Russian forces and atrocities in Ukraine, unfortunately.
“But in the long run, the economy and its sanctions and its cultural and economic isolation in the world will … lead to regime change in Russia. I hope so.”
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