 Putin's own bodyguards will help to eliminate him. Russian President Vladimir Putin will die at the hands of his own guards, or with their direct participation in the conspiracy. This was stated by retired KGB colonel, ex-intelligence officer, political science and publicist Sergei Zirnov in an interview with UNION. Earlier, the former head of the British general staff, Richard Danat, and the former director of the CIA, James Olsen, said that Putin would be killed by his own entourage like Caesar. Moreover, both see the top military leadership of Russia as the main candidates for the role of conspirators. Commenting on these assumptions, Zirnov expressed confidence that this is a completely realistic scenario. It is clear to any former intelligence officer that any dictator who is protected and separated from the country by the security service as a rule is killed by his inner circle, he said. Zirnov recalled that at one time the Russian Emperor Paul I was helped to kill by his own guards. Another thing is they were late, the expert states. Russian opposition leader Mark Fagin said that dissatisfaction with Vladimir Putin is growing among the oligarchs, top officials and security officials in Russia. He believes in a non-zero chance to eliminate the president, but he considers it wrong to count on such an outcome. The head of military intelligence of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, believes that Russia in the format of the current federation may even cease to exist in the near future. According to him, this will happen before the end of the war in Ukraine.