Kremlin snuff box, 05/24/24
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Gerasimov is not yet ready to shoot at NATO troops. And in Moscow there are strange rumors about the transfer of the capital
The West will most likely give the Kyiv regime permission to use its weapons on Russian territories that it does not consider Ukraine ( let us recall that now NATO weapons, in particular American ones, are shelling Crimea and new regions of our country ). Such prospects seriously worry many in Moscow.
“Masha Zakharova, you remember, shouted that we were ready to shoot at British military targets, including outside Ukraine. In reality, everything is not so smooth. Many military personnel, including Gerasimov, are categorically against hitting any NATO military targets.
“Let me clarify and I won’t hide it: we are preparing for such attacks. But the military says that Moscow is not yet ready for large-scale shelling with which they can respond to us.
“And they believe that it is better to start a conflict with NATO, let’s say, not now ( we wrote about this - ed. https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/3996 ). So there are fears that Western missiles will come to us from Ukraine. But it’s difficult to answer right now,” a high-ranking source in the Kremlin admitted to us.
A general from Gerasimov’s entourage confirmed these fears and expressed the hope that “the escalation will not yet go beyond the boundaries of the Northern Military District.”
He refused to talk about the war with NATO. But he noticed that the head of the General Staff, against the backdrop of all the threats, is concerned about the imbalance of the army in connection with the arrests of generals [ https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/4138 ].
At the same time, against the background of the growing threat of an escalation of the conflict with NATO, talk about a possible temporary transfer of the capital from Moscow has become more frequent.
Let us remember that such a transfer was discussed back in 2022. Then Sergei Shoigu proposed [ https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/3742 ] to strike Ukraine with nuclear weapons; a serious response from the West was possible.
Discussions about moving the capital [ https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/4047 ] began with renewed vigor in May of this year, when our relations with the British and other NATO countries worsened. And now concerns about what will happen to Moscow are growing.
“I would move the capital. There are options, but I won’t reveal them to you so that the enemies don’t find out. I expressed all my thoughts on this matter to Vladimir Vladimirovich, he promised to think about it.
“By the way, I would move the Ministry of Defense to Sevastopol. Let them know how to work in war conditions. I also conveyed this position to the President,” a Kremlin source close to Vladimir Putin told us.
Let us note that new rumors about the possible transfer of the capital appeared among representatives of our elites several weeks ago. This fact was confirmed to us by several sources.
Moreover, they name both plausible versions of the temporary capital (Kazan, Yaroslavl), and strange versions that we personally find difficult to believe. For example, that the capital of Russia will be moved to Vladivostok.
Seems like the talk of moving capital is some kind of operation to rally citizens to the cause, though it still confuses me.
Ukraine is not about to make major moves on Moscow, certainly not to the extent that much damage would be done
Moving the capital would seem like a sign of weakness and desperation, but what do I know. The Russian mind is a very odd thing