Posted on 06/03/2023 7:29:08 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
A feud between two of Russian President Vladimir Putin's top allies—Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov—has spilled out into the open.
Adam Delimkhanov, a close ally of Kadyrov, attacked Prigozhin on his Telegram channel after the Wagner Group boss suggested the Chechen Akhmat battalion likely lacks the capability to occupy the self-proclaimed "Donetsk Republic" region of Ukraine.
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"If you don't understand, then you can contact us and tell us the place and the time. We will explain to you what you don't understand," Delimkhanov said. "You have become a blogger who screams and shouts off to the whole world about all the problems. Stop shouting, yelling and screaming."
"You needn't know, Yevgeny, about our capabilities and our goals," he said. "This is something that our command and commander-in-chief, who determines those goals, know about, together with the republic's head, Hero of Russia Ramzan Kadyrov."
Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, Magomed Daudov, another close ally of Kadyrov, also lashed out at Prigozhin for his "daily statements" that "sow a mood of panic among our country's population."
"Our fighters also had problems, but this does not mean that a warrior should shout about it. In your statements you hint that someone should be shot. For such words during the Second World War, they would have been immediately put up against the wall," said Daudov.
Prigozhin responded to the pair by saying that he believes he did no wrong by commenting on what he believes are Akhmat's capabilities.
"In regard to my location, all those involved in this discussion know my confidential phone numbers very well and are able to connect with me," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
Bonus video from Kadyrov’s flopping new offensive in Donetsk:
Kadyrovites in Maryinka
They fled fast, no time for tik tok videos...
https://twitter.com/PStyle0ne1/status/1664986463862243330
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The Russophiles here are getting more and more cranky, I’ve noticed, the more Russia and Putin circle the drain.
Unlike the posters who like to tell us what definitely will or never will happen, or what “Vlad” will never allow, I don’t predict the result.
However, Russia undeniably is messed up.
Any American “surprised” at internal Russian dissent must have been asleep when reviewing Civil war turmoil — Lincoln went thru half a dozen gen’rls before he found a drunkard willing to fight.
This is normal in a fight to the death, children.
Putin must worry about his “generals”, but the real government power in the Russian government comes from the intelligence apparatus.
However, the people who might kill Putin are the oligarchs who have lost billions of dollars in wealth (they blame Putin), fear the Russian people (look at Russian history), and make Machiavelli look like a piker. They have everything to lose to include their wealth even as most in the West believe Putin “made them”.
The looting of Russia by the upper crust of their society is massive and despite the historical perception of the Russian people as somber and accepting peasants there is a LOT of simmering resentment ripe for the picking by an ambitious populist figure.
seems the dems / cia are pushing on Russia pretending they’re some major threat to the US.
meanwhile, their chinese handlers are making sure china never even appears in the news.
Sorta like Patton vs Montgomery with funny accents. And without the competence.
Kadyrov says his men stand ready to replace Wagner troops in Bakhmut
https://news.yahoo.com/kadyrov-says-men-stand-ready-211100831.html
Prigozhin took too long.
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