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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCan this Kasparov "coup" tactic be adapted to work here?
Grandmaster Garry Kasparov Predicts 'Palace Coup' May Oust Putin Over UkraineFirst, the Russian public and Russian elite, they have to recognize the war is lost, he said. The bad news coming from Ukraine will inspire more people to rise because economic hardship will increase.
So, military defeat in Ukraine, social-economic revolt and then you will have conditions, the right conditions, for a palace coup, Kasparov predicted.
Because many of Putins inner circle will be looking for a scapegoat and its always a dictator who should be blamed for all the failures.
Putin knows losing the war on Ukraine is not an option for him, said Kasparov.
Its a matter of political survival and in many cases of physical survival, he added. Thats why he has to pretend he is winning the war.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/garry-kasparov-putin-ukraine_n_625e644ae4b06c2ea32e63ab
TFG must become the big, fat scapegoat to the greedy wannabes.
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Can this Kasparov "coup" tactic be adapted to work here? (Original Post)
SleeplessinSoCal
Apr 2022
OP
THIS !!! 👉🏾👉🏾👉🏾 "TFG must become the big, fat scapegoat to the greedy wannabes"
uponit7771
Apr 2022
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Walleye
(31,017 posts)1. Russia winning the war is not an option for the rest of us
Mad_Machine76
(24,412 posts)2. Against us
or for us?
maxsolomon
(33,337 posts)3. Russia has not lost this war. Not even close.
They are focused on their goal now: Novorossiya. They'll pound SE Ukraine in to dust and empty it of people, Russian-speaker or not.
Taking Kyiv was going to be their less-violent method for forcing territorial concessions.
If it voted for Yanukovich, they'll try to annex it:
uponit7771
(90,336 posts)4. THIS !!! 👉🏾👉🏾👉🏾 "TFG must become the big, fat scapegoat to the greedy wannabes"