Russian President Vladimir Putin has now called for the self-cleansing of Russia, claiming that "scum and traitors" were living among them following massive protests within the Kremlin and suffering from various FSB leaks.
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An alleged Federal Security Service (FSB) whistleblower in a 2000-word letter claimed that Putin's conquest of Ukraine has no chance of victory due to intelligence collection mishaps.
Sergey Beseda, head of the FSB's Fifth Service, and his deputy Anatoly Bolyukh were put on house arrest due to failures in intelligence collection in Ukraine.