The race to overthrow Putin and take his Kremlin crown has begun, says former Russian defence minister who warned Moscow is facing 'military catastrophe'

 The race to overthrow Putin and take his Kremlin crown has begun, says former Russian defence minister who warned Moscow is facing 'military catastrophe'

• Former loyalist Igor Strelkov said 'the fight for the political Olympus has begun'
  
  
  
• He said various figures in the regime are already tussling for the top job
• Wagner private army head Yevgeny Prigozhin is one of those involved, he said 

• The race to overthrow Vladimir Putin and grab his crown is underway, says Russian war analyst and former loyalist Igor Strelkov.

  'The fight for the political Olympus has begun between the groupings that surround Putin,' he said.

  Strelkov - a former FSB colonel key to Putin's annexation of Crimea and subjugation of the Donetsk region of Ukraine in 2014 - is now a staunch critic of the Kremlin's war strategy.

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