Question: Could the ascended masters comment on the probability of a change in the ruling elite in Russia in 2025? There is a feeling that there are growing divisions in the ruling elite. There is a feeling of a struggle of the new elite for power. If this struggle leads to a change of elites, is there a chance that the new elite will act in the interest of the country, at least at first, will try to end the war as soon as possible, restore relations with the West, perhaps even take a course towards democratization of Russia? Or the elite is the elite and the new elite aspiring to power is no better than the previous elite?
Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2025 New Year Webinar.
Well, there is always the possibility that a change, even in the elite, will bring progress. When you are talking about a division in the elite in Russia, well, you need to have a realistic view here. If you look back to the time of Stalin, you will see that he was the typical example of a person who was paranoid about preserving his own power.
And therefore, he killed, or at least had removed, anyone in the ruling elite that he thought could be a threat to him. He even had some people killed that clearly were not a threat, but just to keep all the others from feeling secure in their positions. This means that when Stalin died, let me not comment on why, there was not really a strong leader who was ready to take over. And it is somewhat the same in Putin’s Russia, where he has also gotten rid of most of the people who could bring Russia forward in a different direction than what has been envisioned by Putin. This is not to say that there are not any, but they are not in the top of Putin’s hierarchy, certainly. There are many factors that are uncertain. Yes, there is certainly tension and upheaval among the ruling elite, because, as we have commented on before, there are people who can see the writing on the wall that if the war continues in 2025, it can lead to a crash in the Russian economy. And this could lead to a breakup of the Russian Federation.
There are those who can see that it is really a choice between preserving Russia or continuing the war. And of course, if you continue the war and the Russian economy collapses, you will still have to stop the war. Because if the economy goes into a crisis, what is going to fund the war effort? There is only so long that you can manufacture money out of thin air. The question really is, will there be the opening so that people with a progressive attitude can come to power? And it is, of course, possible. It is possible that you can have the emergence of leaders in Russia who can see that Putin’s course over the last, especially 10 years, especially over the last five years, has been destructive for Russia. And that a more constructive way forward would be that Russia becomes what we might call a normal nation that seeks to cooperate with the international community, instead of demonstrating its superiority to the international community. How likely is that? Well, it is not very likely that it will happen in 2025.
It is more likely that 2025 will be a more chaotic period in Russia. And that things actually have to get more chaotic before there is the opening for a new approach. Naturally, if there is to be a new approach, Putin has to either go out of embodiment or at least be dethroned from leadership. Because Putin has demonstrated over the past almost three years that he is not capable of changing direction, even when he is heading for the abyss. The question is really, will there be a power elite who can get rid of Putin? Will there be another power elite who can get rid of the power elite that gets rid of Putin, so that finally, there can be a change in the direction of Russia? As I said, this is more likely to happen after 2025 than during 2025.
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