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Putin demotes Cold War warrior Patrushev and raises two younger allies
Reuters Moscow Bureau ^ | 5/14/2024 | Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew Osborn

Posted on 05/14/2024 10:23:33 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

Russian President Vladimir Putin demoted Nikolai Patrushev, a Cold War warrior who crafted the Kremlin's national security strategy, to a job overseeing the shipbuilding industry while raising two younger lieutenants to senior Kremlin jobs.

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Patrushev, a former KGB officer from St Petersburg where Putin was born, was moved from the heart of the modern-day politburo, where he had worked for 16 years as secretary of the Security Council, to oversee shipbuilding as a Kremlin aide.

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Patrushev Senior was heavily demoted," a senior Russian source told Reuters on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of such public remarks.

Although Putin, in good health, is embarking on a new six-year term and is expected to rule for years to come his reshuffles are closely scrutinised by Kremlin watchers to try to discern if he is lining up potential candidates to succeed him.

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Shipbuilding, though, is certainly a demotion for one of the Kremlin's most powerful Cold War stalwarts, a former spy who sees the United States as a declining driver of catastrophic revolution intent on destroying Russia.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


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To: marcusmaximus
What Muslim concubine doink?

The corpse of The Putin, who has got his own Lenin display case now, where you can see his leg shaking.

Stronk as bull!

What Kharkov minefields doink?

Tell your zElenskyy to give the money for the minefields back.

21 posted on 05/14/2024 11:51:32 AM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: jerod

They’ve got enough on hand to do great damage to other fleets, so you’re point is weak.

I overhead a hardcore Leftist discussing Russia-Ukraine and his arguments sounded just like the pro-war people here, including you. Are you a Lefty?


22 posted on 05/14/2024 12:01:27 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: marcusmaximus
Russian Forces Capture Luk'yantsi | Storm of Chasiv Yar Begins | Return of Wagner

The Breaking Point | Luk'yantsi Successfully Captured By The Russians! Ukrainians Retreat Non Stop!

23 posted on 05/14/2024 12:10:11 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: laplata

Well... If I’m ‘pro-war’ I could hardly be a lefty.

Sometimes war is unavoidable... Because when maniacal leaders like Putin, who is completely pro-war, pro-communist nostalgic and an admire of Stalin, Hitler and Napoleon start wars that are supposed to last a month or two, and they turn into a quagmire... You have no choice but to fight back and kick their ass back to kingdom come. Vlad’s days are numbered and have been since he started this narcissistic escapade. He’s running out of people to blame and his former friends are turning against him... Time will tell.

If Reagan, Thatcher and Pope John Paul II were still alive and ruling the world, he would’ve been too wimped out to fight just like the Commie leaders before him were... But sadly, Obama, Trump and Biden have been his adversaries and none of them could hold Pope John Paul II’s jockstrap.


24 posted on 05/14/2024 12:17:48 PM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: Kazan

Kharkiv in 3 days! Bring your parade uniform!


25 posted on 05/14/2024 12:20:22 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: jerod

And now people like you are pushing for more funding and sending more young men to the slaughter in a totally lost cause. It’s over. Ukraine and NATO lost. And Russia became stronger by sanctions backfiring, etc.


26 posted on 05/14/2024 12:21:55 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: jerod
Russia has a ship building industry? Their navy is practically non-existent....

https://www.defencestreet.com/most-powerful-navies-in-the-world/

The 10 Most Powerful Navies in the World 2024

Defense Street
By admin - January 1, 2024

#1. United States Navy
#2. People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)
#3. Russian Navy
#4. Royal Navy, United Kingdom
#5. Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)
#6. French Navy
#7. Indian Navy
#8. Republic of Korea Navy
#9. Italian Navy
#10. Taiwanese Navy

27 posted on 05/14/2024 12:27:24 PM PDT by woodpusher
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To: woodpusher

The Indian Navy and Japanese Navy both completely outclass the British navy in everything except SSBN. But other than the British boomer firing try that ICBMs. Their standard Navy is complete crap.


28 posted on 05/14/2024 12:29:50 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: kiryandil

The gift that keeps on giving. 😂🤣


29 posted on 05/14/2024 12:31:10 PM PDT by Allegra (Less propaganda would be appreciated. )
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To: marcusmaximus

👆 😴🥱

Putin in good health again is good news.
He is one tough cookie to beat all those cancers.👍
Any updates on the egg crisis??🍳


30 posted on 05/14/2024 12:36:02 PM PDT by ANKE69 ("Russians aren't people" proudly posted by MeganC)
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To: marcusmaximus; Robert DeLong; kiryandil; JonPreston; bimboeruption
Hey, look! It’s mangymetroplex’s alter-ego, Doink the Clown.


31 posted on 05/14/2024 12:38:24 PM PDT by Allegra (Less propaganda would be appreciated. )
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To: woodpusher

#1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 are allies... Add them together and #2 and 3 together would be annihilated.


32 posted on 05/14/2024 12:38:38 PM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: jerod

And here comes another Canadian 🐷 urging Americans to go to war


33 posted on 05/14/2024 12:55:24 PM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: Allegra

The whole lot of Zeepers are clowns with a major disconnect with reality.


34 posted on 05/14/2024 1:02:08 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: DesertRhino

“Putin is trying to keep this from becoming a wider general war.”

putin is eager for a wider war. War helps him, he thinks. A dictator is needed in times of war...


35 posted on 05/14/2024 1:24:44 PM PDT by Sunsong
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To: Sunsong

“putin is eager for a wider war. “

Really?
What other nations has he attacked?


36 posted on 05/14/2024 3:44:09 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: Darksheare
What other nations has he attacked?

They just make stuff up, throw it on the wall and hope something sticks.

37 posted on 05/14/2024 4:23:59 PM PDT by Allegra (Toss a zeeper in the Dnieper)
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To: Allegra

I know.
If Putin truly wanted to expand the war, it would have already happened.
Something they conveniently forget or ignore.


38 posted on 05/14/2024 4:35:17 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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