And the “SVR General”:
The “minor” reshuffles in the Russian Government have almost been completed, but this is precisely what indicates a crisis in the country's governance system. Having irreconcilable positions on the formation of the facade of power, the main towers of the Kremlin, having come close to the point of transition of the crisis into the information space, decided to settle on small rearrangements that should “strengthen” the positions of the two main Kremlin groups, but even here it seems that one of them has strengthened a little more.
First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov, who has also dumped the ballast of responsibility in the form of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia, this is certainly a strengthening of the position of Sergei Chemezov, who openly shows, jointly with Manturov, demonstrative campaigns to the person appointed by the president and similar to Vladimir Putin, who controls everything. It is worth noting that now Denis Manturov will actually control almost all processes in the Government and will be the “chief” of the Government from the so-called “Politburo 2.0”.
The second and equivalent, as planned, but the “second” Deputy Prime Minister and “supervisor” from the “Politburo” will be the son of the former Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev, Dmitry, who also dumps ballast in the form of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture. True, by agreement, Dmitry Patrushev still has prospects of entering the transit line to the chair of the head of the Government by the end of the year and the presidency by the spring of next year. In the absence of the opportunity to agree on a new head of the Government, Sergei Chemezov played an interesting game, supporting the claims of the Chinese leadership that Mikhail Mishustin remain in his chair for some time. This is not a game in favor of China, but a way to keep both the sheep intact and the wolves well-fed, and the “sheep” in this case is the Chinese leadership in an embrace with Mishustin, who, just as he has not decided anything globally, will not decide. The recent meeting between Chemezov and Mishustin is a prelude to the appointment of Mishustin as the old-new prime minister. It is worth paying attention to the unusual media activity of Sergei Chemezov lately; usually he prefers to stay in the shadows, but now is a special case; a clear signal is needed to the second and third echelon elites about who is in the leading positions in the country.
In response to the strengthening of Chemezov, Nikolai Patrushev played almost all-in, exchanging his official post as Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation for increased influence on the security bloc and “guarantees” of his son's presidency. In his place, Patrushev put Shoigu, who is essentially a puppet idiot like Putin's double. Sergei Shoigu in the Security Council is an understandable step by Patrushev, the goal of which is to weaken the influence of the Security Council by moving the center of decision-making into the shadows and further closing the power bloc to itself. All reassignments of security forces were lobbied by Nikolai Patrushev.Zolotov and Kolokoltsev become even more devoted and obligated to “Sokratych.” The current status quo also suits the leadership of the FSB Bortnikov-Korolev. Belousov in the Ministry of Defense is an agreed candidacy between Chemezov and Patrushev; he must stop the total theft of the military budget by taking the main flows under the control of the Politburo. Patrushev’s all-in is a serious step and raising the stakes to the limit. Deception of Sokratych’s ambitions with a claim to the presidency of his son Dmitry, in the future for no more than 10 months, will lead to paralysis of power or total superiority of one of the towers and, in fact, to the seizure of power.
Yes, and... Nikolai Patrushev will certainly come up with a new position for himself, whatever he wants.
https://t.me/generalsvr/2368
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Manturov
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Chemezov
“SVR general”
The Chinese leadership intends to obtain for use vast territories of Russia located in Siberia and the Far East. These are precisely the territories that Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to his Chinese comrades several years ago and the long-term lease agreements for which he personally certified more than a year ago. For the Russian leadership, even the publication of this information at the official level threatens a crisis situation in the country, not to mention the implementation of these agreements. Despite the repressions, the population of Russia is unlikely to applaud the actual alienation of the country's territories, which are larger in size than the territory of Ukraine. The Chinese insist that implementation of the agreement begin on January 1, 2025, as previously agreed. During their visit to China, the Russian leadership plans to try to agree to postpone this date by one year, while appeasing their Chinese colleagues with economic preferences. A permanent crisis will haunt the Russian government until the end of the regime.
https://t.me/generalsvr/2374
Dark red is Chinese Manchuria (part of China) and in pink is Russian Manchuria. Resource-rich Sakhalin Island is offshore.
Russia's Manchuria (also called Outer Manchuria) belonged to China until 1858. It is an area the size of Nigeria which includes a long coastal area along the Sea of Japan and Vladivostok as well as Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands, both obtained in 1945 from Japan. These territories have a population of 4.5 million, untapped natural gas and iron ore along its coastline, and significant amounts of oil and gas on Sakhalin Island. By contrast, China's Manchuria (also called Inner Manchuria) is a dynamic province with a population of 107 million that is industrialized and a trade hub. Beijing would gladly reclaim all of Manchuria, and there is little doubt that a weak and crumbling Russia might be forced to divest these lands for a price.
https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/18587
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchuria