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So Close. Ukrainian Units Barely Escaped The Encirclement. Russia’s Multiple Advances.
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Putin may dump Shoigu, but if he does, it’s likely that the reason is that Shoigu is being too conservative in his fight against the Neocons in Ukraine, and Putin wants the war over with, in his favor (of course), before the US November Elections, so that US voters can understand just what the Neocons are up to.
In any case, I wouldn’t get too happy if Shoigu was gone as whoever replaces him will likely make life FAR MORE DIFFICULT for Biden.
Russian goals are to draw the West into a slow burning protracted war. It’s why Zalenski wasn’t taken out. But if Trump wins then expect Russia to bum rush in and take it all before inauguration day.
Veteran Russia watchers seem to agree this was authorized by Putin to take Shoigu’s powerbase down a notch. The bribe was a mere #11,000 USD equivalent. This, for a man known as an international playboy who lives in a palatial home.
Shoigu is useful to Putin, but he had apparently become a bit too powerful, and it was time to reign him in.
All Russian government officials take bribes and kickbacks. It’s feature of the system. Since the people who count know all about it those bribes can be used at any moment to take them down and they know it. In this case, it probably wasn’t anything the general in question did himself, but who he worked for and supported. You’d think that supporting someone who supports Putin would be a safe bet. but the politics over there is cutthroat bad. (Or fall down the stairs or out of a window bad.)
We’ve got a nest of vipers in D.C. whose goal of destroying our Free Republic is nearly accomplished.
Russian corruption...who cares?
Show a little concern for America, marcus.
Russia has a corruption problem.
But Western munitions typically cost 10x the Russian stuff so...
Who cares?