Posted on 11/09/2022 3:11:56 PM PST by dennisw
Russia's elite are worried for their safety after an ally of President Vladimir Putin said those who aren't enthusiastic enough about the war in Ukraine should be repressed, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Putin loyalist and founder of the paramilitary Wagner Group, said that Russian tycoons who are not supportive enough over the conflict should face "urgent Stalinist repressions", Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources.
The "Stalinist repressions" are a reference to Russia's Great Purge, a political campaign led by Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in 1937 that aimed to eliminate anyone in his party he considered a threat.
Prigozhin's comments have alarmed top Russian business executives and government officials, who told Bloomberg they are worried about the direction the war is going, and fear purges and arbitrary arrests.
The officials told Bloomberg they were concerned for their own safety, and that they were checking in with each other regularly to see if their family members are safe.
Prigozhin is the founder of the notorious Wagner Group, a mercenary paramilitary organization whose fighters have been accused of widespread war crimes in Libya, Syria, and Ukraine.
Most recently, the group was linked to massacres and atrocities committed in the Ukrainian city of Bucha.
Since the start of Russia's invasion, Prigozhin has increasingly positioned himself as a hardliner, openly criticizing generals and Russia's Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu for the failures of the military in Ukraine.
He met with Putin in private in October to voice his dissent, The Washington Post reported.
Andrei Kolesnikov, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, told Bloomberg that Prigozhin is "behaving like a parallel government."
"He may be able to compete for power, if not under Putin then after him," Kolesnikov added.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
Stalinist purges for Russkie bigshots who don’t kiss Putin arse strongly enough. And who don’t cheer on the Putin war efforts publicly enough.
This might be in store for them. This is what Yevgeny Prigozhin aka Putin’s Chef, advocates. A prime Putin loyalist, and founder of the paramilitary Wagner Group
reeks of bs
Someone needs to send Prig to the hereafter
move to Ukraine.
the biggest mistake conservatives makes is not cleaning house
hell they call us nazi anyway, clear them out
Here is the original version from Bloomberg news. VIA ARCHIVE
https://archive.ph/yPWLN -— Extended and much better than what you see above from MSN news
because Russia has never assassinated any critics before
‘Twould appear that the only diff between the corrupt, inept, sewer-dwelling regime and the Russian counterparts is the language they use for their treats and intimidation.
Putin’s Chef is cooking up a peppery stew, to paraphrase Lenin musing on Stalin...
The beatings will continue until morale improves. Sounds like a recipe for success!
Don’t bake a cake for a gay wedding in CA or NY and see what Government does to you.
“Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources. “
et tu brutus?
the old Trotsky ice pick...
you remember Leon Trotsky? he got an icepick that made his ear bleed...
Only good thing Stalin did.
Actually, Trotsky was killed/assassinated with an ice axe. Image below.
“Prigozhin is not part of the Siloviki. Should the military and FSB they view him as a threat, when Putin leaves power they can deal with him.”
Prigozhin has his own military powerbase with his Wagner group, which is growing more and more powerful and influential. Putin greatly appreciates Wagner’s efforts in Ukraine. Wagner group does not cut an run in Ukraine. Wagner just opened up a spiffy new modern HQ building in St Petersburg. Wagner group is growing in number of soldiers all the time. They are becoming a parallel military to the regular Russian army.
In short, Prigozhin is insuring his untouchability by the FSB etc. He is one smart calculating cookie.
Prig is a holdover of the petty gangsters of the Russian 90s, except he fell in the right business of arms and sexurity, the only gang business that has staying power.
Russian military incompetence has turned his group into a sort of dark Knight Templar organization that the weak King depends on. End the war and Prig would be butchered and burned at the stake like the Templars by Putin
I would suggest Prig to make sure Russia stays at war in order to grow and avoid a purge of necessity.... hook in jaw, Prig could become Moscow or the third Rome’s Ceasar...
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