Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu
Founder of Wagner unit, Yevgeny Prigozhin has long-standing feud with the Defense Minister
Chechnya's regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu
Founder of Wagner unit, Yevgeny Prigozhin has long-standing feud with the Defense Minister
Chechnya's regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov
You need to be upfront about whether you get a few dollars for every thread you start
Why all this dissension in russian leadership?
All i read here was that russia was doing just awesome in ukraine
Putin Regime’s Reported Fractures Risk Making Him Look Weak: ISW
10/8/22 at 6:44 AM EDT
https://www.newsweek.com/vladimir-putin-kremlin-fractures-look-weak-russia-ukraine-war-isw-1750094
Reported disputes within Vladimir Putin’s inner circle threaten to make him look weak, according to a U.S. think tank.
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) referred to a REPORT in The Washington Post, citing U.S. intelligence, that the Russian leader had been confronted by someone close to him over his “extensive military shortcomings” during the war in Ukraine.
Other Western and Kremlin-affiliated officials have noted growing criticism of Putin’s mishandling of the war and mobilization mistakes, the ISW said. Meanwhile, rumors of “fractures within Putin’s inner circle” have also reached the pro-Kremlin milbloggers, who post unvarnished accounts about the war on their Telegram social media accounts.
This is “undermining the impression of strength and control that Putin has sought to portray throughout his reign,” the ISW said.
It comes amid speculation from bloggers that there are now two factions within the Kremlin following criticism of Russian military command by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin.
The think tank said the bloggers believe Kadyrov and Prigozhin are part of the faction which wants to pursue the war “regardless of cost.” The other group comprises of government officials who want “to negotiate with the West to save their assets and residences in the West but are too afraid to confront Putin directly.”
The presentation of fundamental disagreements and challenges to his decisions in Putin’s inner circle, “even if quiet, within the Russian nationalist space risks depicting Putin as weak and not fully in control of his government,” the ISW said. Newsweek has contacted the Kremlin for comment.
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Criticism of Putin among pro-Kremlin voices following retreats of his forces appears to be growing. Editorial director of the online journal Riddle Russia, Anton Barbashin, tweeted on Saturday that “their confidence that Putin knows what he is doing is diminishing even further.”
Both of these dudes need to go bye bye.
Ukraine must pay pretty well for their minions to come up with all this propaganda. Our billions at work.
Read a story about members of the Wagner group tring to rob and harass Putin’s conscripts. The conscripts beat the Wagner boys so bad a group of Wagner folks locked themselves in a building and called the cops to save them
With one word, the writer takes the entire article from reporting to editorial.
They do it all the time to Trump too. "Trump, falsely claiming that the election was stolen."
A war within a war. Very nice. Does this mean gas prices will go higher?
As the world turns in the soapy Kremlin...
Yevgeny Prigozhin = Putin’s Chef