President Vladimir Putin's inner circle appears to be crumbling after he arrested his own military chief and the head of the Russian Central Bank resigned. Elvira Nabiullina, 58, reportedly handed in her resignation after arguing with Putin over the devastation caused by Western Sanctions on the Russian people.
The war in Ukraine is into its third week and it is rumoured the president did not expect Western sanctions to be so severe. General Roman Gavrilov, deputy chief of Russia's Rosgvardia Unit, has been arrested by the Federal Service of the Russian Federation - with the reason for his imprisonment unclear, according to Christo Grozev, a Bulgarian investigative journalist.
He cites a course which says he was detained over "leaks of military info that led to loss of life", while two others say it was "wasteful squandering of fuel", reports The Mirror.
