'Ineffective,' 'thief': War-weary Russian politicians turn on Putin
A Russian MP has demanded that Vladimir Putin deliver a plan to end the war as he berated the Kremlin’s “ineffective leadership”.
In his lengthy tirade, Vyacheslav Markhayev listed corruption scandals, oligarchy, losses of the “most active and reproductively capable segment of the population” and Ukrainian drone strikes among the ills plaguing wartime Russia.
“The time of illusions is over. The country is on the brink of a social explosion and the blame for this will fall squarely on the entrenched ruling power,” said Mr Markhayev, a deputy of the State Duma from Russia’s Communist Party.
“If the situation persists, social unrest and chaos will become more likely,” he lamented. “The West will inevitably exploit this to destroy the remnants of Russian statehood.”
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