Posted on 04/09/2022 3:23:23 PM PDT by dennisw
Top FSB general is 'moved to high-security Moscow jail' as Putin steps up purge of spies who 'told him Ukrainians would welcome invasion' Sergei Beseda, head of the 5th Service of the FSB, was earlier under house arrest
He has now been placed in pre-trial detention in notorious Lefortovo Prison The move will be seen as a warning to other senior aides of Vladimir Putin
A top FSB intelligence official has been moved to a high security jail in Moscow as Vladimir Putin purges his secret services over the botched Ukraine invasion, say reports.
Col-General Sergei Beseda, 68, head of the 5th Service of the Federal Security Service (FSB), was previously under house arrest.
He has now been placed in pre-trial detention in notorious Lefortovo Prison, suggesting he will face major charges for intelligence failings, it is claimed.
Col-General Sergei Beseda (pictured), 68, head of the 5th Service of the Federal Security Service (FSB), was previously under house arrest +3 View gallery Col-General Sergei Beseda (pictured), 68, head of the 5th Service of the Federal Security Service (FSB), was previously under house arrest
The move will be seen as a warning to other senior Putin aides who are expected to take the blame for the huge Russian death toll in Ukraine.
Beseda’s case is being investigated by the Military Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee, said Russian intelligence expert Andrei Soldatov, who revealed the Lefortovo move.
Beseda, in charge of FSB intelligence and political subversion in the ex-USSR, had been on a trip to Ukraine shortly before he was detained.
Putin is said to fear that moles leaked invasion plans to the West, and Beseda was detained along with his deputy Anatoly Bolyukh, but had been held under house arrest until now. The current status of Bolyukh is unclear.
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Pooty Poot says -— “Let the scapegoating begin” -— The last thing Tsar craptastic will do, is to take any blame for his stupid invasion.
Screw Putin if he can’t take a joke.
Off to the Gulag you go for a tenner of had labor
Who doesn't?
What do you expect when you surround yourself with yes men that know you own their arses?
Well, to steal an oft used FR expression, ‘so it begins’. LOL.
The new narrative will be that it wasn’t Putins fault. He wasn’t given good information. But no worries, Putin will set things right. He’s done so well up to now.
ROFLOL
Biden and the democrats welcome invasions.
Just like our border states are THRILLED!
I wonder if or what charges this general is facing. Is there anything equivalent in America, but with due process? Could it have been used over “weapons of mass destruction in Iraq” lie?
Lefortovo’s going to need a visit from Roto Rooter by the time this is over.
Afghanis were meant to welcome Uncle Sam with open arms too
If someone tells you some country would welcome invasion, does that mean you should invade that country?
“I wonder if or what charges this general is facing.”
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Likely none, since this is yet another totally anonymous claim in a string of such claims. Different day, same rah-rah claims. Next!
It does when you’re itching to “put the band back together”!
I thought that was Putin with his advisory council.
They only told Putin what he demanded to hear.
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