Vladimir Putin now criticized by close ally whose daughter was famously killed in a car bomb

Russian warmonger and close confidant is fuming at Vladimir Putin
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Russian warmonger and close confidant is fuming at Vladimir Putin
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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.

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He is also known as a close ally of Vladimir Putinbut now recent comments suggest he is having second thoughts about theRussian President.

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Second thoughts about Vladimir Putin

Back in August,Alexander Duginlost 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.

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‘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.

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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.

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Russian warmonger and close confidant is fuming at Vladimir Putin  The Washington Post / Contributeur
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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 urbanarea 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.

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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’

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