Russia’s anti-Putin underground movement vows to overthrow dictator by force

The former banking vice president defected to Ukraine and took up arms against Russia (Picture: E2W)

An underground Russian resistance movement calling for the removal of Vladimir Putin has said the despot can only be overthrown with force.

The group, known as Black Spark, claims it is building a clandestine anti-regime network inside Russia made up of ‘middle-class’ professionals, business figures, anti-war activists and fighters with combat experience.

The man behind the group has been revealed as Igor Volobuev—a Kremlin-linked banking vice-president who defected to Ukraine after Putin’s invasion and took up arms against Russia.

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