Russian billionaire admits war in Ukraine will ‘end in hell’ on streets of Moscow
ARussian billionaire with ties to Vladimir Putin has claimed that the war in Ukraine will culminate in “people killing each other on the streets of Moscow”, a leaked phone call has shown. In a conversation dated January 2023 with anti-war businessman Nikolay Matushevsky, billionaire Roman Trotsenko suggested Russia was doomed in light of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine to become a “scorched desert” run into the ground by the Kremlin.
Presumably fearing for his life, Matushevsky denied the authenticity of the leaked audio despite Trotsenko’s phone number from the call corresponding with his publicly-available contact details.
In the first few minutes of the dialogue, Matushevsky says he has been “having a hard time in Russia recently” because he “understood that something was wrong” and that “there was nothing to do there”.
After Trotsenko agrees, Matushevsky adds: “We don’t need to remember what it was like in Russia. That’s gone and won’t ever be there again. This is no longer there and will never be again.”
The Russian billionaire Trotsenko agrees again before suggesting that while in Indonesia, “everything will grow tenfold in ten years, in Russia it will halve”.
The two businessmen go on to talk about moving their children out of Russia before eventually discussing the “special military operation” in Ukraine.
Russia’s energy exports have shifted significantly since they invaded Ukraine© EXPRESS
Referring to Putin and his cronies, Trotsenko says: “Unfortunately, Russia, which we love so sincerely, has ended up in the clutches of some scumbags.
“This can’t end well, it will end in hell… People will kill each other on the streets of Moscow.
