Russian elites want to POISON Putin and replace him, Ukraine says

Russian elites have hatched a plot to 'poison' and instil a successor who will restore trade ties with the West, according to Ukrainian intelligence.

According to Ukraine's Chief Directorate of Intelligence at the war-torn country's Ministry of Defence, a 'group of influential' individuals in have begun plotting to remove the dictator from office.

The Ukrainian intelligence service says that FSB director Oleksandr Bortnikov is the chosen man to replace Putin - leading the agency which the successor to the fearsome KGB.

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