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2022-04-19 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Grandmaster Garry Kasparov Predicts 'Palace Coup' May Oust Putin Over Ukraine

[HUFFPOST] Russian chess legend Garry Kasparov on Monday explained what may lead to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ouster by his inner circle in a "palace coup."

CNN’s Paula Reid asked the longtime Putin critic and political activist if he expected to see more anti-Kremlin sentiment building in Russia as its invasion of Ukraine falters.

"Eventually, yes," replied Kasparov, a chess grandmaster for the former Soviet Union and Russia.

Kasparov then laid out "the order of moves that cannot be reversed."

"First, 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 Putin’s inner circle will be looking for a scapegoat and it’s 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.

"It’s a matter of political survival and in many cases ... of physical survival," he added. "That’s why he has to pretend he is winning the war."

Posted by Besoeker 2022-04-19 09:43|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top
File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,

#1 What Mr. Kasparov along with many others would like to see happen, may not reflect reality.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-04-19 09:50|| 2022-04-19 09:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Russia will probably win but it will be a Pyrrhic victory, especially for Putin. (And we have been seeing suggestions for a while now that Putin has Parkinson’s- which can have mental illness/irrationality elements, which could explain some of the Ukraine actions.)

Posted by Glenmore 2022-04-19 10:25|| 2022-04-19 10:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Chess hell.

Give me the consistent Allied winner in Axis and Allies: Pacific.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-04-19 11:02|| 2022-04-19 11:02|| Front Page Top

#4 5 Famous Pyrrhic Victories

Yeah, turning Ukraine to a nuclear wasteland would be Pyrrhic.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-04-19 11:11|| 2022-04-19 11:11|| Front Page Top

#5 Not a "nuclear wasteland," just a Gaza style shithole that the West's grifters will spend $1 trillion or more of their people's money trying to "reconstruct"... just like the Iraq boondoggle and the Afghan sinkhole

Posted by Butch Ebbomble2091 2022-04-19 11:33|| 2022-04-19 11:33|| Front Page Top

#6 Meanwhile, Russia destroys Ukraine's ability to export anything (except needy refugees), takes over that country's share of the global wheat market and grabs all its natural gas reserves in the Donbas.

All while the US destroys the reserve currency status of the dollar, the West becomes significantly poorer, China gains power and influence and the non-western world orients itself toward Russia and China.

Posted by Butch Ebbomble2091 2022-04-19 11:38|| 2022-04-19 11:38|| Front Page Top

#7 Don't hold your breath for Putie-pie to be ousted this way.

Posted by DarthVader 2022-04-19 13:06|| 2022-04-19 13:06|| Front Page Top

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