Vladimir Putin – even if it’s ultimately “not viable" – says British Army Colonel Richard Kemp. He’s not the first senior Western figure to make the suggestion.
Lindsey Graham, a Republican senator for the US state of South Carolina, said last week the only way Russia's invasion of Ukraine ends is "for somebody in Russia to take this guy out".
The Russian Foreign Ministry responded angrily to the senator’s suggestion, describing it as “a public, terrorist appeal that is completely unacceptable."Putin is protected 24/7 by one of the world’s strongest security teams.
Fiona Hill, the former senior Director for Europe and Russia at the United States National Security Council has said that the Russian leader is extremely “paranoid about being assassinated" But regardless Colonel Kemp, who commanded British troops in Afghanistan, told the Mirror : “NATO should consider all options to remove him from power.
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