Thread by @oculusfiles

Ousting Putin..
Ousting Putin will be no easy task as there are not that many ways to oust him as I will present here..
1. There is of course the possibility he could be taken out by an assassin but as I know from personal experience with colleagues who worked security detail

for previous Presidents, Putin's close protection team are well equipped with latest equipment that even discovers shooters from some distance away so I don't actually see assassination as a viable alternative. His Aurus car is well protected as well and larger than Biden's Beast

So we move on..
2. Military coup remains doubtful in my opinion due to the vastness of the country and the coordination required across the country to set the wheels of a military coup in motion. It is a different matter in smaller countries like back in 1989 when I witnessed

the military in Romania go over to the people to take down and execute Ceaucescu and his wife Elena.
And one of the major problems is that Russia does not have a successor to the throne so if a coup were to take place there is actually nobody who has been prepared to take over

which in turn leads to a void and risk of another leader accessing the throne and the risks that would entail.

So as you are all beginning to understand it is not just a question of taking out putin as before that can be done there must be someone prepared to take on the duty of president. And before you say anything, yes Navalny is a people's choice but what do we really know about him

and his able ess to lift Russia out of the quagmire it has found itself in since Tsar times.
We mustn't forget that the Russians have been used to having a powerful, centralised(Moscow) leader which has led to so many still openly supporting Putin and his war on Ukraine.

So many have been and still are of the opinion.. "who would we have to run the country if Putin were to be taken out? Answer" nobody so he might as well stay on"

A scenario which is the most unlikely would be if a member of his own security detail were to take him out. I know from personal experience of protecting members of Russia's wealthiest elite that we do our job but can still harbour feelings about the client we protect.

4.
Foreign influence/support to remove Putin is possible and I remember how CIA was often mentioned as a possible factor that stirred up the Romanian people to rise up and which in turn got the military to go over to the side of the people.
However definitely very unlikely to

take place in Russia.

5. Security services.
Putin surrounds himself with loyal security chiefs who are removed when proven to have been disloyal.
He has his own food tasters and is paranoid about his every day life. He knows that a state security head could turn on him and so he has to keep a very

close knit team around him. Just as he is prepared in case one or more of his generals were to attempt a coup..
Putin is smart but there are still some ways to remove him...

@nytimes @ForeignAffairs @john_sipher @vonderleyen @BorisJohnson @SecBlinken #Putin #kleptocrat #Kremlin @SkyNews @BBCWorld @svtnyheter @washingtonpost @edwardlucas @Utrikesdep @POTUS @dkaleniuk   @Utrikesbyran @StateDept

@james_oliver_01 @JoeWSJ @swissinfo @CreditSuisse

To be continued...