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usonian

(13,778 posts)
Wed Dec 7, 2022, 04:51 PM Dec 2022

Putin Has Escape Plan to Venezuela if Russia Loses War: Former Speechwriter

https://www.newsweek.com/putin-escape-plan-venezuela-russia-loses-war-1765383

Abbas Gallyamov, ( a former speechwriter for the Kremlin chief) who is also a political analyst, said a trusted source told him that the Kremlin has, since the spring, been developing a backup plan for a potential defeat in Ukraine, which involves Putin and his top leadership fleeing to Venezuela.

According to Gallyamov, the project has been unofficially named "Noah's Ark." Argentina and Venezuela are allegedly among the top options for Putin to flee to, but China was considered in the early stages of talks.

Gallyamov, who has been living in exile in Israel since 2018, said his source told him that Yury Kurilin, the vice president and chief of staff of Russian energy company Rosneft, is "the man on the ground" making all the arrangements for a potential evacuation to Venezuela.

"In the summer, he formally resigned from [Rosneft] and now devoted himself entirely to the 'Noah's Ark,'" Gallyamov wrote. "He has American citizenship and good connections. He graduated from Hayward University in California [and] worked in BP structures, including in the high position of director of corporate affairs."


He probably means Cal State Hayward, now known as Cal State East Bay.
Don't know BP, British Petroleum?

Interestingly, from 2020:
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-joe-biden-election-1539993
President Donald Trump suggested at a rally in Georgia that he may have to "leave the country" if Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wins the election next month.

"Could you imagine if I lose?" Trump said on Friday. "I'm not going to feel so good. Maybe I'll have to leave the country, I don't know."


Not from a speechwriter. Straight from the horse's ass.
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Putin Has Escape Plan to Venezuela if Russia Loses War: Former Speechwriter (Original Post) usonian Dec 2022 OP
Those countries could easily be breached by "Special Forces" removing Putin and taking him to an Cattledog Dec 2022 #1
That's why I posted it in "Creative Speculation" usonian Dec 2022 #3
My question is. Who comes next? Srkdqltr Dec 2022 #2
Or, maybe, the Central African Republic OnlinePoker Dec 2022 #4

Cattledog

(6,338 posts)
1. Those countries could easily be breached by "Special Forces" removing Putin and taking him to an
Wed Dec 7, 2022, 04:58 PM
Dec 2022

"undisclosed location".

usonian

(13,778 posts)
3. That's why I posted it in "Creative Speculation"
Wed Dec 7, 2022, 05:08 PM
Dec 2022

Nowhere safe to go. He'd need medical facilities and staff as well.
Hospital ship? Not that he cares about international law, but he might use it to his advantage.
Just creatively speculating.

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