Vladimir Putin has spent decades warning Russians about external threats from NATO and the West. But the greatest threat to his life and regime may already be inside the Kremlin walls. Over four years of brutal war in Ukraine, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has quietly carried out a domestic coup: seizing over $19 billion in private and state assets, wresting control of national elections from the Presidential Administration, and hunting down high-ranking government officials. Now, with FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov approaching his 75th birthday, an intense battle for succession is underway. Discover how a new, younger generation of security-service strongmen could soon view an aging, paranoid Vladimir Putin as the ultimate obstacle to power.
Source: The Military Show
