Russian insider predicts Putin’s death would end the war in three months

 Sometimes it comes from money drying up. Other times, history shows that a single empty chair changes everything overnight.

Searching for an exit

Mikhail Kasyanov knows Moscow better than most. He served as the very first prime minister under Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Now living in exile, he recently sat down with the Romanian news outlet Digi24 to lay out a clear path to peace.

The former official told reporters that ending the conflict requires “real pressure” from the global community.

A divided approach

Right now, that united front does not exist. Instead, Kasyanov pointed out a massive gap between how Western powers view the crisis.

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European leaders clearly see a victim and an attacker. Yet, according to Kasyanov, the American approach has treated the situation as a simple dispute between two regional leaders.

He argued that this forces unfair expectations onto Kyiv. “Why should the victims be subjected to pressure? What concessions should be made to them…. This is the problem. This is the difference,” Kasyanov explained to Digi24.

The money problem

If Washington matches the European mindset, the squeeze on the Russian economy would be devastating.

Strict control over sanctions would starve the military machine. It would be a crippling financial blow.

As Kasyanov told the news outlet, Putin “will not have enough funds to finance this war in such an intensive way as he is doing now.”

Looking at history

There is another, faster path to peace. The former prime minister was asked what would happen if Putin were to suddenly disappear.

His answer was blunt. “The war would be over in three months, I think, maybe even faster,” he told Digi24.

A new leader would immediately freeze the fighting to repair broken relations with the West. Kasyanov pointed to history as proof.

“When Stalin died in 1953, during the funeral ceremonies, Khrushchev and Malenkov, the leaders of the Communist Party at the time, had discussed exactly this: to end the Korean War,” he stated.

Fear of defeat

Within months of that funeral, the Korean conflict ended. The exiled politician claims the current Russian elite feels the exact same way today.

He insists everyone in the administration secretly wants the war to stop. The only roadblock is the president.

“Mr. Putin’s problem at the moment is that he cannot be seen as defeated,” Kasyanov concluded. He added, “He understands that as soon as he is seen as defeated, he will lose power.”