US General Ben Hodges: They'll Overthrew Putin

We just need to continue pressing Russia.

Oligarchs from the inner circle of the Russian dictator Putin can turn on him and deprive him of power if he refuses to stop the war in Ukraine. As the former commander of the US Army, Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, told The Sun, when the Russian oligarchs run out of money, their loyalty to Putin will also disappear.

At the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the West imposed tough sanctions against many Russian oligarchs. They were banned from travelling abroad and their assets were frozen, which led to the disruption of many of their international business transactions, leaving them without any means for leaving. Hodges believes that these sanctions, which are still in place, could be a decisive factor for Putin's downfall, as the oligarchs are extremely unhappy with such restrictions.

“At some point, the oligarchs, the inner circle, have to get tired of all the restrictions imposed on them, including their fortunes. At some point, they will say, “I can't go to my mistress on the Adriatic. I can no longer send my children to school in London or Stanford. And then, I think, potentially something will happen," he said.

Hodges believes that it is necessary to continue the pressure on Russia and its oligarchs.

“We must isolate Russia diplomatically, economically, politically and militarily from the rest of the world. Defeat of Russia should be our strategic goal, which means that we will do everything necessary to achieve it," he says.

Another way to overthrow Putin, according to Hodges, is to turn his own citizens against him.

In March, Putin won 87% of the vote in the presidential election. But if trust in a long-term leader begins to weaken, then change can happen very quickly.

“The Russian people must decide for themselves when they have had enough. In Russia, you will not see such protests on the streets as in Minsk or even in the Iranian capital Tehran. And I think that's going to change at some point. I don't know when they will finally break," he said.

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