Putin will not survive until 2024, he can kill his near environment - the media

The Russian politician suggests that statements about the annexation of "new territories", which at the same time do not fully control the Russian Federation, as well as the offensive of Russian troops to Kyiv and retreat from Kherson, which failed, can lead to the fact that Putin's nearby will be militia against him. According to the oppositionist, 2022 became the year when Putin's influence began to weaken.

"My forecast still remains in the power that he will not see his next birthday," Ponomaryov said in an interview with journalists. "Of course, my dream is to see him [Putin] on the defendants in the Hague in Hague <…> But his surroundings will not allow him to be in the Hague court, because his testimony can be very harmful to them," Ponomarev said, adding that Putin could eventually be possible kill. On October 7, 2023, Putin should be 71 years old.

Following the emergence of evidence collected by non -governmental organizations, journalists and investigators, the US Ambassador for Special International Criminal Law Ambassador Bet Van Shaku accused Russia of "systematic" war crimes in November. The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, stated that the Hague is an appropriate place to investigate the crime of "aggression".

Russian oppositionist Ilya Ponomarev was the only Russian deputy who voted against the annexation of Crimea in 2014. Ponomarev, who was a deputy of the State Duma from 2007 to 2016, is now in Ukraine, where he was granted citizenship. He is engaged in opposition movement, which, according to his design, should contribute to the transition of the Russian Federation to democracy. Recall that in the UK confirmed plans to send Ukraine Challenger 2 - the main combat tanks of the British army.