Vladimir Putin will be toppled in a “palace coup” within the next year by members of his inner circle who “secretly hate” him, according to one Russian source. Lawyer Ilya Remeslo, earlier a staunch backer of the Russian war on Ukraine and seen as linked to the Russian security services, made the claims in a TV interview. Remeslo taunted Putin, 72, risking arrest by saying he wants to lead a new Russia after a “revolution” and “have some role in the future in ensuring the transfer of power”.