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Post by sevenofnine on Feb 22, 2023 13:43:29 GMT -5
No Kidding DW News A former speechwriter for Vladimir Putin tells DW he believes the Russian leader has no "plan B" in Ukraine. Meanwhile, US President Biden has met with leaders from NATO's eastern flank. Follow DW for the latest. President Vladimir Putin's former speechwriter Abbas Gallyamov told DW he believes the Russian leader has no backup plan, as the invasion of Ukraine nears the one-year mark. "The main impression is … that he doesn't have a plan B," Gallyamov said, adding that "100% of Russian elites and half of the Russian general population ... understand in general that the situation is going in the wrong direction." Gallyamov said there was a "big expectation" among Russians there would be an announcement about Putin's next steps in a state of the nation address he delivered on Tuesday. This would either be "declaring a big war" and "total mobilization," or speaking "more about peace and negotiations," neither of which happened, Gallyamov pointed out. On the likelihood of there being a coup in Russia, Gallyamov said that it was off the card www.dw.com/en/ukraine-updates-putin-doesnt-have-a-plan-b/a-64781925
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