Demands that President Vladimir Putin be overthrown and killed after his defeat in Kherson

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A far-right nationalist in Russia dubbed the "mastermind of Putin" has broken his silence and called to overthrow and kill the Russian leader. Alexander Dugin expressed fury over Russia's withdrawal from Kherson to Ukraine

Putin could come under increasing pressure as Russian troops pull back in Ukraine (

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One of Russia's key figures dubbed "Putin's mastermind" called for the overthrow of President Vladimir Putin and hinted that he should even be killed after Moscow's humiliating defeat in Kherson.

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Far-right nationalist Alexander Dugin has become the first prominent Russian to break his silence amid growing disgust over Putin's failed invasion of Ukraine.

But worryingly, the 60-year-old fascist strategist is part of a growing group of Moscow elites calling for an escalation of Putin in Ukraine and sees Kherson as a blow to Russian pride .

Shortly after posting his outburst on Telegram, furious at Kherson's retreat and fearing that many Russians would be killed there, his tirade against Putin was taken down.

Alexander Dugin's daughter, Darya, died earlier this year in an explosion that was believed to be aimed at her (

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But the Mirror may reveal the long-haired philosopher and hawk invading Ukraine quoted in a story from James Frazer's Golden Bough in which a king is killed.

The king was killed in the fictional story because he failed to make it rain during a drought and had his stomach torn apart.

In his angry rant, Dugin wrote: "We give the Sovereign absolute plenitude of power, and he saves us all, the people, the state, the people, the citizens, at a critical moment.