Posted on 09/11/2022 9:25:30 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-appointed leader of Chechnya, has criticised the Russian army’s leadership after it appeared to be caught off guard by Ukraine’s fightback against the Russian invasion in the north-east.
In a sign that the Kremlin may face serious fallout over the loss of territory that the Russian occupation administrations had repeatedly stated they planned to keep “for ever”, Kadyrov also suggested that Vladimir Putin might not be aware of the real state of affairs.
“They have made mistakes and I think they will draw the necessary conclusions,” Kadyrov said in an audio message posted to his Telegram channel on Sunday.
“If today or tomorrow no changes in strategy are made, I will be forced to speak with the leadership of the defence ministry and the leadership of the country to explain the real situation on the ground to them. It’s a very interesting situation. It’s astounding, I would say,” said Kadyrov, a former rebel turned Kremlin ally who rules Chechnya – a Russian republic in the Caucasus – with an iron fist and has a paramilitary force at his command.
Since the invasion in February, the Kremlin has focused on silencing liberal voices critical of the war, but as things go sour on the battlefield, Putin faces a headache with what to do with former cheerleaders who want Russia to commit more forces to the war to turn the tide.
Many units from Chechnya have taken part in Russia’s war effort, and while Kadyrov is ostensibly hyper-loyal to Moscow, he is one of the few Russian political figures whose messaging the Kremlin does not fully control.
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Expected.
Haven’t seen much of Kadyrov in awhile.
Yeah. He's not a happy camper. But Putin sends him subsidies from the Kremlin to keep him in line.
I think he must be living in a trailer park, how else is he so unworried by the usual trip out of a seventh storey window that comes with criticizing the senior figures of the Russian administration?
If Putin assassinates Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechnya will no longer be in Kremlin's control.
This guy make Putin look like a girly man. Put him in charge if you want some war crimes to deal with.
I could see a scenario where Kadyrov takes the Kremlin with his army of Chechens. The FSB (they're Russian Orthodox) will never be in support of it.
The Chechens are disciplined and they are devout Muslims. Unlike the conscript Russian soldier who is brutalized and raped by his officers.
Stop watching super hero movies. This is a nothing story. You bearly read any stories on the former President of the United States saying Afghanistan was a debacle and the country ran in shame.
Peopke said the same thing with Lenin and this group of Bolsheviks one hundred years ago.
We have to be prepared for hypothetical scenarios. There is going to be a power vacuum. It may happen sooner than later.
Just like Czar Nicholas II.
Baghdad Bob should be in the photo.
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