According to the former Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany, Andriy Melnykis Putin’s disempowerment only a matter of time. “With the Wagner putsch, the Rubicon was crossed and a new era of declining power and instability entered Russia ushered in,” says Melnyk to the news portal “t-online”.
Although the Russian president could succeed in crushing the uprising in a bloody manner and “restoring some degree of order,” that would “not protect the Kremlin from the impending internal chaos,” said Melnyk. “The total collapse of the bankrupt Putin regime is only a matter of time.” Melnyk was ambassador to Germany for several years, most recently Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine and was recently appointed ambassador to Brazil.