Russian chess grandmaster and Putin critic Garry Kasparov has outlined the 'right conditions' for Putin to be overthrown in a 'palace coup'

The conditions needed for the Russian leader to be overthrown have been outlined by a famed chess grandmaster.

During an appearance on CNN this week, host Paula Reid asked Kasparov if discontent with Putin's leadership could be building in Moscow, amid the country's mounting military losses in Ukraine and mounting sanctions.

He laid out an "order of moves" that could lead to Putin's downfall.

The war is lost and the Russian public and Russian elite have to recognize it.

There will be conditions for a palace coup after the military defeat in Ukraine.

Failure in the war with Ukraine is not an option for Putin. He said that Putin wanted to project strength and aura of invincibility to avoid becoming a target for the angry mob.

For a dictator to lose a war is devastating. He has to pretend he is winning the war.

Russia is moving into another phase of the war, which is expected to be an attritional conflict in the Donbas region.