Report: Fearing Poisoning, Vladimir Putin Replaces 1,000 of His Personal Staff

[Yorkie Mom]

Fearing Poisoning, Vladimir Putin Replaces 1,000 of His Personal Staff

Daily Beast contributing editor Craig Copetas says he’s been told that Putin has people tasting his food before he eats it and that last month, he replaced his entire personal staff of 1,000 people.

Vladimir Putin appeared on Russian state TV today to denounce Russians who opposed his war with Ukraine as “scum” and “traitors.”

But behind the scenes, the dictator is increasingly paranoid and fears that someone in his inner circle will poison him, a new report says.

Daily Beast contributing editor Craig Copetas says he’s been told that Putin has people tasting his food before he eats it and that last month, he replaced his entire personal staff of 1,000 people.

“Laundresses, secretaries, cooks — to a whole new group of people. The assessment from the intelligence community is that he's scared,” Copetas said.

More: https://www.insideedition.com/fearing-poisoning-vladimir-putin-replaces-1000-of-his-personal-staff-73847

[Buns_of_Fire]

1. Or maybe all 1,000 died of food poisoning?

Try my special borscht, Pootie. It's killer.

[samsingh]

17. it would save a lot more lives

[TheBlackAdder]

43. Just a matter of time now.

[Walleye]

2. As our exalted leader, Joe Biden, bites into a locally produced ice cream cone. Without fear

[dixiechiken1]

3. Whether this is true or not, he *should* be scared.

Someone's going to get him.

[Yorkie Mom]

4. Exactly my thinking.

[smirkymonkey]

110. I really, really hope so.

The sooner, the better.

[vlyons]

6. and well he should be scared !!!There

He should just eat his pistol and be done with worrying about it.

[trusty elf]

42. ...

[Botany]

7. Putin knows on how this will end for him. He will not even allow Sergei Lavrov close to him.

[Ocelot II]

27. Maybe he's worried that there might be a Von Stauffenberg in his inner circle.

[dchill]

83. With a better plan or a bigger bomb.

[Evolve Dammit]

118. this image does speak volumes. Dr. No shark tank underneath Lavrov? One button away...

[Lovie777]

8. And those replacements? . ......

1 million "dollars" is a lot of money to those in Russia, well heck here too.

I'll say tho, the rich can be very Stingy.

[zuul]

61. Exactly. The 1,000 people fired were probably well-paid and had at least some reason to protect him.

Now he has to establish trust and loyalty with 1,000 new people, many of whom are at least somewhat aware of what he is doing in Ukraine.

This reeks of desperation on the part of Pooty Poot.

[Trueblue1968]

93. And those replacements? . ...... SEND IN THE SEAL TEAM VAMPIRES !!! Rip off Putin's head !!!

[Ray Bruns]

9. the dictator is increasingly paranoid and fears that someone in his inner circle will poison him,

Gee, where would anyone get that idea from?

[lagomorph777]

10. This present a huge opportunity to fuck with his mind and damage his ability to act.

Zelenskyy hinted that he has spies in Putin's inner circle.

Putin knows his own spies are ready to revolt: https://latestpagenews.com/news/putin-ahead-of-mutiny-by-russian-spies-furious-at-total-failure-in-ukraine-source/

Putin is now purging the FSB.

Now he's purging his personal staff.

A story came out the other day that he had purged 8 of his generals.

This is chaos, and we can help accelerate it.

[LiberalFighter]

67. Zelenskyy should hint again that he now has more spies.

[intrepidity]

11. Replaced them with what? nt

[Escurumbele]

25. That is a good question, one would think those 1,000 were loyalists that he knew very well.

There is a saying, "rather bad one you know than good you don't know". I would think that replacing that many people would be even more dangerous...well, I hope he hired the right ones who will get the job done to send Putin to hell.

[tanyev]

12. Um, wouldn't hiring 1,000 new staff be a grand opportunity for someone who wants to do him harm?

[LizBeth]

52. I posted the same. Where is the security in that?

[SheilaAnn]

53. My thoughts exactly...

[smirkymonkey]

112. Hopefully.

If not, at least it might be enough to drive him over the edge.

[Baitball Blogger]

13. This isn't very smart, is it?

He probably has just as much to fear from the new hires, as he did from his old staff.

[Sanity Claws]

14. But how can he replace them?

That's a lot of empty positions.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

109. He can recruit from the GQP.

They were all cheering him before he attacked Ukraine, then tried to revise history after Putin struck. Now they're giving Putin a pass and going after Fauci. I'm sure they can't wait to put on the Russian uniform and strike terror into the hearts of Zelinsky and the cowardly Ukrainians, who won't do the reasonable thing and give up.

[blogslug]

15. I just read the Copetas article on Daily Beast

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-black-ops-agent-explains-how-putin-could-meet-his-end

The last paragraph is a humdinger alright:

The former DGSE black-operations planner says any hit on Putin most likely will have someone in his inner circle, or a phantom just outside the perimeter, as the trigger man. “It will be an expensive job, a fortune,” he says. “In my experience, I’d wager an asset is already in place. There always is.”

[Yorkie Mom]

16. Wow!

Thanks for that.

[Escurumbele]

28. Well, I hope that trigger person doesn't wait too long, the longer he/she waits the higher the

likelihood he/she will be found out.

[PortTack]

64. And this is why he replaced them. Ppl getting too familiar with his routine, possibly a group

Working together. A new group of ppl would have to start over, get his routine down, find places to hide a weapon or sneak in some poison.

Of course JMHO

[LiberalFighter]

68. Maybe, maybe not.

Especially if they already had intel from previous staff.

[treestar]

79. good point, I was wondering in my post below

why new people would be better.

[lindysalsagal]

96. Exactly what I want to hear. Go, asset, GO!

Seems to me it would be easier to miss someone posing as his personal staff when there are 1,000 new faces?????

[monkeyman1]

117. " It's all in the timing" -- Dwight D. Eisenhower !

[samsingh]

18. Compare to President Zelenskyy who is brave and loved by his people.

[niyad]

19. His personal staff of 1,000 people? Entitled jerk. Hope he chokes on his paranoia.

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[Jerry2144]

45. Or chokes on

Some Chicken Kyev.

[Cosmocat]

82. Yeah ...

that stuck out to me, too.

Jesus.

[wnylib]

90. Dictators are always paranoid. It comes

with the territory. Absolute rule creates many enemies. Dictators cannot share power, or tolerate alternative views, so they must eliminate all perceived threats to their absolute authority.

This means that they must be continually on the lookout for threats and dissenters.

Stalin purged thousands, or millions, to consolidate and preserve his power. Hitler purged his militia (the SA) once he no longer needed them and saw them as a threat.

Being a dictator is to play a perpetual game of "king of the mountain" with a constant stream of challengers. It's the nature of the business, just like being a mob boss.

EDIT TO ADD: The beauty of democracy is that it creates a system that acknowledges the desire to challenge power and allows for the peaceful challengers to "battle" each other verbally, not for control, but for enough followers to chiose them in an election. And democracy limits the amount of time a leader can serve in the top office.

[SunSeeker]

103. Or chokes on some Novichok. nt

[aggiesal]

20. 1st who needs a staff of 1000. 2nd he sounds like Pendejo45 ...

Birds of a feather much?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

71. It's really only a staff of about 250

Considering three shifts, plus weekends, most will be off-duty at any one time.

But yes, that seems excessive. I think I could get by with a staff or one or two hundred. You?

[dchill]

84. I'm getting by with a staff of none - but I'm flexible.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

100. Let's hope your food taster doesn't discover anything amiss.

Bon apetit.

[aggiesal]

98. I'm sure POTUS has a staff of 1000+ ...

but they don't cater to POTUS, they cater to the WH including grounds and building maintenance, motor pool and of course Secret Service.
Most of which they can't fire no matter what Pendejo45 thinks.

[Chainfire]

21. It sounds like poor old Pooty is going through some things...

It must be lonely at the top...

[The Jungle 1]

22. So the guy who poisons people is a bit nervous.

GOOD
Yo puketin we have you in a choke hold. Sorry no tap out.

[milestogo]

23. Poisoning.

Sounds very 15th century.

[ChazInAz]

46. This is Russia.

They never got to the Renaissance.
Poison is SOP.

[Ocelot II]

24. The question isn't whether he's too paranoid.

It's whether he's paranoid enough.

[Pepsidog]

26. So he gets rid of 1,000 people he knows and employs for 1.000 strangers. IDK sounds kinda dumb.

[Tree Lady]

88. That was my first thought!

Who does he plan to replace them with?

[Gore1FL]

29. Seems like the bet way to do it is in two steps

You put half the poison in one meal. You put the other half in another. If there as two testers, the only person who dies is Putin.

This isn't an original nefarious procedure on my part. I stole it from Babylon 5.

[jmowreader]

49. Or you use a "binary" poison

…in which half the poison’s structure is in one dish and the other half is in another. You could eat the whole bowl of either one and be fine, but Cthulhu help you if you eat both.

[BumRushDaShow]

75. Or

[BootinUp]

114. lol nt

[left-of-center2012]

30. "He's been told ..."

Take these kinds of stories with a grain of salt.

"Someone told me..."

"I heard ..."

[L. Coyote]

31. Fog of war bullshit?

Seriously, does anyone think this is even a credible story? Maybe one part of it, Putin has to fear for his life. This has all the hallmarks of psychological warfare and, of course, may be having some effect.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Wicked Blue]

33. 'Roid rage? nt

[twodogsbarking]

32. When will he be visiting Moron-Lago?

[Aviation Pro]

34. Poot the Little Toot needs a Lydia solution

BCS returns on 4/18.

[Raine]

35. Here's to hoping it happens 🥂🤞 🙏 nt

[JHB]

36. Doesn't that just create 1000 opportunities for enemies to insert someone...

...into his staff?

[Pinback]

104. For real!

That was my thought — what is safer about a bunch of different people? Maybe they haven’t been around him long enough yet to hate him as much as the former staff.

[JHB]

108. True... on their own. If they're working for sombody else, though...

...the mass turnover just creates mass inroads too quickly to vet the prospective job-takers.

[Lonestarblue]

37. Putin has more than food to fear.

I’m sure the FSB has access to Novichok, which isn’t in food. All it needs is someone close enough to touch him, such as a food server or even a cleaning person. If Putin truly is ill, as has been reported, someone taking blood for tests would be in a perfect position. There are many opportunities, and I hope one of them works soon.

[C Moon]

38. It only takes one person, so replace em all if you want you evil thug.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

39. It's coming, Pootie.

And there’s no table in existence that’s long enough to stop it.

[Buckeyeblue]

40. Wasn't Trump afraid of being poisoned?

Which is why he traded in real food for McDonalds and KFC?

[uponit7771]

80. +1, and he started replacing staff when he tried to overthrow the us government

[Pinback]

106. Slower-acting poison. (nt)

[Generic Brad]

113. Putin doesn't have McDonalds or KFC any more

So that option is out. Trump had it better than him.

[MineralMan]

41. If true, why would he trust a batch of 1000 new people?

That makes no sense at all. I call bullshit on this story. Copetas "has been told." That's a fudge line.

[honest.abe]

47. Exactly my thought

[Pantagruel]

85. "Copetas "has been told."

You were expecting a press release on this?
But I'm skeptical too, glad the story is out there true or not, regardless of who floated it.

[MineralMan]

89. I expect true stories. This one rings false.

It also has zero corroboration.

[Pantagruel]

92. I get it but this is war

Propaganda and psyops have a place and can be effective.This could embolden Russian protesters and hearten Uke warfighters. A story like this will not come with video or sworn statements from Russian staff members, sources must be protected.

[Farmer-Rick]

44. It's easy enough to get around a food taster

That's why arsenic was called inheritance powder.

[RockCreek]

48. It's not paranoid...

It's not paranoid, when you have many logical and reality-based reasons to be scared.
And Putin does!

[LizBeth]

50. Because hiring new people makes him feel more secure? Lol. I wouldn't

count on that one. Worried about long time employees enough to hire the new and unknown.

[IronLionZion]

51. He can't go to McDonalds like Trump because those are closed

maybe Putin should replace himself. That would solve a lot of problems.

[yardwork]

54. How is it possible for him to find 1,000 new staff he can trust?

I mean, how would he even locate that many people that he could trust? Offer jobs to an entire isolated village of people?

[alphafemale]

55. Well. Perhaps the mad paranoid freak will starve himself to death.

We can hope.

[llashram]

56. probably killed them all to boot

21st-century stalin-little s meant. He's such a short little shite playing with his army. Killing innocent children, non-combatants...a murderer along the lines of Hitler. Will he stop if he finally overwhelms the brave people fighting for their country?

[Jarqui]

57. Hopefully, one of them is successful poisoning or killing him soon.

The sooner they can do it, more Ukrainian lives will be saved.

To be that paranoid for his own safety from his own people ... that's the "smarts"/"genius" Trump admires, eh?

Glad he's suffering that worry as he's putting many Russian parents through it now along with the Ukrainian people.

[AZLD4Candidate]

58. Put has gone full Stain. When he does body doubles, he'll go full Idi Amin

Putin is now completely paranoid.

[BlueIdaho]

60. Mass replacements?

Isn’t that the best way to get a poisoner close to the madman?

[Richard D]

63. Dear Vlad,

It only takes one.

Sincerely
The world.

[orangecrush]

65. Mangia, mangia!

[LiberalFighter]

66. Replacing 1,000 of his staff? Doesn't that increase the odds of being killed?

Also, why does he have that many on his staff?

[Marthe48]

69. Live in fear till you die thug

no text

[FakeNoose]

73. How does he know the NEW employees are loyal?

Pootie is entirely off his rocker now. One of the newly hired employees will do him in. It's only a matter of time.

[live love laugh]

74. Delicious 😂😂😂

[Deep State Witch]

76. Can We Just Skip to the Part

where he and his mistress kill themselves in a bunker?

[FakeNoose]

78. I hope the Russian citizens - the good ones - aren't that patient

Somebody is going to do him in, and maybe it will be one of these "new hires." Let's hope they get creative.

[treestar]

77. Wouldn't new people be more unknown and more dangerous?

Maybe he treats them so badly they want to kill him regardless.

[LiberalFighter]

81. I heard family members will take him out to get his mansion.

Newborn babies have been bred with poison in their DNA.

[dchill]

86. So, these 1,000 people - did they get shot or just goo-logged?

"Thanks for your service."

[sdfernando]

87. So now Sad O'l Vlad

has made himself his own prisoner.

[DBoon]

91. Has someone created a Downfall meme about Ptin's invasion?

He is looking more like Hitler in the Bunker every day

[smb]

107. You Mean Like This?

[Hassler]

94. Vlad is at the point of wondering who will put the polonium in his borscht.

Good. Let him live in the terror he created.

[Irish_Dem]

95. If true, Putin is losing it. Big time.

[Blue Owl]

97. Someone over there -- be a world hero and take out this fucking sack of shit

[Cha]

99. As well as the Evil Monster

Should

💙💛

[Grokenstein]

101. Everyone's out to get you, Pootler!! EVERYONE!!

Even the factory workers who can every meal you'll eat from now on!
Even the food tasters!
Everyone!!
Pleasant dreams, murderer.

[Grins]

102. Never mind that. A personal staff of 1,000?????

How the…? What can they be doing for him?

[COL Mustard]

105. Volodya, MREs never seem to go bad

Perhaps you should go on that diet?

[ZonkerHarris]

111. Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you Vlad.

[DinahMoeHum]

115. Whether there's credence to this or not, one thing is for certain.

Pootie has to lucky 100 percent of the time.

Anyone with designs on his demise only has to be lucky ONCE.

[AntiFascist]

116. Poor Pootie, I hope he's not too paranoid...and that this actually comes true! n/t

[Evolve Dammit]

119. Darn it. We missed the Ides of March by 2 days. "Et tu Brute?" Fitting it would be.