![]() ![]() Elite dissatisfaction with his handling of the disastrous war with Ukraine has been confirmed by multiple sources. The hesitation and confusion he evinced on June 23-24 during the coup attempt by Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was lamentable. We don’t have to agree with Solovey’s diagnosis of Putin and Kremlin politics to know that all is not well, politically and physically, with Russia’s erstwhile strongman. Solovey understands that all of this sounds “phantasmagoric,” but, as he says, this is today’s Russia. The double may then face an unhappy future. When Putin dies, the double will assume his role until the elites decide it’s time to reveal the truth to the world, presumably after some group has gotten the upper hand in the post-Putin power struggle. Solovey also insists that Putin has several doubles and that most of his recent public appearances and conversations with some foreign leaders actually featured a double, and not the real Putin. These unnamed higher-ups not only provide him with privileged information, but also protect him from Putin’s wrath. Solovey, a former professor at the prestigious Moscow State Institute of International Relations, lives in Russia’s capital, claims to have access to insiders in the corridors of power, speaks dismissively and insultingly of Putin, and talks openly about the reformist plans he and his colleagues will implement when they come to power. Inasmuch as he’s effectively staked his entire reputation on Putin’s early death, it’s hard not to conclude that Solovey really, really means it.
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