How Putin's enemies would mount a coup: As rumours of plotting inside the Kremlin grow - CHRIS PLEASANCE'S video guide looks at the violent history of Russian plots, the President's rivals and how they could try to seize power
As Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine goes from bad to worse, a steady stream of rumours about coup plots have streamed out of Russia.
These are Putin's main rivals and how they might try to seize power, following a pattern of violent power grabs that rocked post-Communist Russia in the early Nineties.
Our video run through reveals violent footage from the attempted 1990s coups and runs through the mechanics of a coup.
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