Vladimir Putin now criticized by close ally whose daughter was famously killed in a car bomb
Alexander Dugin, a longstanding Vladimir Putin ally, has criticised the Russian President for surrendering the city of Kherson.
Russian Philosopher, Alexander Dugin, has been called ‘Putin’s Brain’ for crafting the ideology that has led to the invasion of Ukraine.
He is also known as a close ally of Vladimir Putin but now recent comments suggest he is having second thoughts about the Russian President.
Second thoughts about Vladimir Putin
Back in August, Alexander Dugin lost his daughter in an unresolved assassination that was reportedly supposed to target him.
This might explain why the Russian ideologue is now lashing out at Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin.
According to Newsweek, citing a report by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Dugin has blamed Putin for the current situation and has issued a threat to him in the form of a literary metaphor.
‘An autocrat has a responsibility to save his nation all by himself or face the fate of the ‘king of the rains.’
The quote ‘king of the rains’ stems from ‘The Golden Bough’ a book by Sir James Frazer in which a king was killed because he was unable to deliver rain amidst a drought, ISW reports.
Ukraine has gained back half of the land that Russia has occupied
Dugin has joined a ‘bandwagon’ of prominent Russians who have expressed despair for previous ‘shameful retreats’ and now for having lost the city of Kherson.
Vladimir Solovyov, a Russian state TV presenter, who is also nicknamed ‘Putin's voice’ due to his support of the Russian President, became surprisingly animated in a recent radio broadcast while criticising the Russian army, Newsweek reports.
Kherson was the only major urban area that Vladimir Putin’s army was able to control thus far during the Ukraine War.
Newsweek during the weekend also reported that Ukraine has gained back approximately 50% of its territory which it once lost to occupying Russian forces.
Left: Russian occupation in March
— James Longman (@JamesAALongman) November 12, 2022
Right: Russian occupation in November
This is why Ukraine thinks total military victory is possible. For them, negotiating means giving Putin territory.
But they’ve already won back 50% of what he took at the start of the war@War_Mapper pic.twitter.com/z0kG3mXfAK
Sources used:
-Newsweek: ‘Putin's Brain' Turns On Russian Leader With 'King of the Rains' Warning’
-ISW: ‘Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 12’
-Newsweek: ‘Map Shows Ukraine Defeating Russia, With 50 Percent of Territory Reclaimed’
