Putin Has Escape Plan to Venezuela if Russia Loses War: Former SpeechwriterRussian President Vladimir Putin has an escape plan in place in the event Russia loses the war it started in Ukraine in February, a former speechwriter for the Kremlin chief said on Wednesday.Abbas Gallyamov, a former speechwriter for Putin and a political analyst, said a trusted source told him that the Kremlin has, since the spring, been developing a back-up plan for a potential defeat in Ukraine, which involves Putin and his top leadership fleeing to Venezuela.According to Gallyamov, who is now living in exile, the project has been unofficially named "Noah's Ark."Argentina and Venezuela are allegedly among the top options for Putin to flee to, but China was considered in early stages of talks.Do you have a tip on a world news story that Newsweek should be covering?"