On May 27, 2023, russian opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin appeared on russia’s NTV channel and called for a new president to be elected in 2024, in order to rebuild normal relations with Europe, the UK Defense Intelligence reports.
Boris Nadezhdin has been a vocal critic of the war since the invasion, but this is highly likely the first call for Putin to be replaced on russian state-approved TV since it began.
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According to the UK Defense Intelligence, in the last 15 months, russia has introduced limitations on freedom of speech which haven’t been seen since Soviet times.
However, there is a realistic possibility that recent vitriolic rhetoric by nationalist figures such as Wagner Group owner Yevgeny Prigozhin is emboldening opposition figures to challenge taboo topics.
As Defense Express reported, The UK Defense Intelligence: russia Struggles to Reach its Own War Aims as it Reacts to Ukrainian Actions.
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