Thread by @generalsvr_en

For the past two days, #Russian President Vladimir #Putin has been discussing an idea, which he passes off as his own, of course, how to "drain" the negative relatively painlessly if "significant territorial concessions" have to be made to freeze the conflict in #Ukraine.
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The idea belongs to ​​Yuri Kovalchuk and goes as follows: to support Yevgeny #Prigozhin’s self-promotion as much as possible and help him organize (with the participation and under the control of the Presidential Administration) a political party or movement.
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This party should involve the maximum number of socially significant ultra-patriots and be stuffed with agents. #Prigozhin should be put at the head, and Strelkov-Girkin should be his deputy. Even seats in the parliament are promised after early elections next year.
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If #Putin has the opportunity to reach a "compromise" with the West-#Ukraine to freeze the conflict, or possibly a peace agreement, and there is a need to leave part of the occupied territories, then #Prigozhin will take over the unrest in the ultra-patriotic sector.
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He will explain the leader’s "cunning" plan by citing the possibility of gaining strength and preparing for "delivery a decisive victorious blow ... at some point in the future."
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If there are opponents in the new political force, then they will be declared traitors and provocateurs with corresponding consequences. The idea is rather crude, but the President liked it so much that he managed to enlist the support of #Patrushev, Bortnikov, and Kiriyenko.
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Even #Prigozhin agreed in principle, not knowing all the details, though. #Putin instructed Sergei Kiriyenko, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the #RussianFederation, to think over everything and present working options for discussion by November 10.
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It is not yet very clear whether this idea will be implemented, but the haste with which #Putin approaches the study of its implementation speaks of a catastrophic situation for the President, from which he is frantically looking for a way out.
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