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BootinUp

(47,151 posts)
Wed Oct 5, 2022, 09:59 PM Oct 2022

It definitely seems that there is a power struggle going hot - @Osinttechnical

OSINTtechnical
@Osinttechnical
It definitely seems that there is a power struggle going hot within the Russian govt/elite right now, centered on Sergei Shoigu, the minister of defence, and Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Wagner Group.


Tadeusz Giczan
@TadeuszGiczan
Interestingly, earlier today in Moscow police detained an employee of Prigozhin's media group Patriot Aleksey Slobodenyuk who runs a network of telegram channels known for attacking Shoigu, Volodin and others. So a hot war among Russia's elite is very much a reality at this point



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It definitely seems that there is a power struggle going hot - @Osinttechnical (Original Post) BootinUp Oct 2022 OP
From my limited understanding of the state of affairs in Russia, it seems that RockRaven Oct 2022 #1
New article by Timothy Snyder BootinUp Oct 2022 #2

RockRaven

(14,967 posts)
1. From my limited understanding of the state of affairs in Russia, it seems that
Wed Oct 5, 2022, 10:18 PM
Oct 2022

we ought not expect that a shake-up at the top (involving Putin himself or not) means that a cessation of war or withdrawal from Ukraine would follow. Many of the potential usurpers are hardliners, and they object to the failures but not the invasion itself. And then of course one revolution/coup/reshuffling is often followed by another, so there is very little reassurance to be had even if we really dislike the guys being toppled.

BootinUp

(47,151 posts)
2. New article by Timothy Snyder
Wed Oct 5, 2022, 10:30 PM
Oct 2022

He is the Levin Professor of History at Yale.

How does the Russo-Ukrainian War end?



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