Putin's top commanders will ignore his order to launch nuclear missiles because they think he is gravely ill, a senior investigative journalist has claimed.
Christo Grozev, who is linked to the Bellingcat open-source research group, said many military and security officials believe the tyrant is dying or severely ill.
In an online TV interview, he alleged that the commanders would also go against Putin's request to kill opposition foes. Gorozev claims it would be too much of a risk for them to obey such commands due to the impact possibly being blamed on them.
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