But the Western media loves his little video rants.
Posted on 06/24/2023 11:35:09 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Vladimir Putin has often cut a solitary figure as Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine drags on, but his position is bolstered by a deeply loyal entourage that has hardly changed in years.
As commander in chief, ultimate responsibility for the invasion rests with him, but he is reliant on an inner circle, many of whom began their careers in Russia's security services.
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was once a close and powerful ally, but never part of that circle. So who does have the president's ear at this defining moment of the war?
For months, two men have been in Prigozhin's crosshairs, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and the head of the armed forces, Valery Gerasimov.
He has accused both of responsibility for the deaths of tens of thousands of Russians in the war in Ukraine. What was a bitter and long-running feud has turned into a national crisis.
If anyone has the president's ear, it is his defence minister, a long-time confidant who has in the past gone with him on hunting and fishing trips to Siberia and was once viewed as a potential successor.
He has dutifully toed the Putin line, first that Russia was demilitarising Ukraine and then that it was the "collective West" that had launched the war, not Russia.
Sometimes you wonder how much of President Putin's ear he is able to reach. This extraordinary photo was taken three days into the invasion in February 2022.
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I don’t know but the strategy of fighting with too few troops is clearly WRONG. Being outnumbered by the opposition continuously will wear any army down eventually.
But the Western media loves his little video rants.
“Ukraine conflict: Who’s in Putin’s inner circle and running the war?”
If you guys find out who, in DC, is running the US, I’d be FAR MORE interested.
My understanding is that he has been Putin’s ‘Bag Man’ for funneling billions into Putin’s hands, and controls a lot of the South African assets that Putin owns. I believe the one thing that you can take away from all of this is that Putin’s chinks are starting to show, and he has many elements in the Army that are not happy with him. He is still in control, obviously, but looks can be deceiving. I wonder if he will be like Stalin and start to erase Prigozhin’s image from all of the Putin Family Photos.
All of their editors are on a Zoom call every morning and discuss ‘what BS are we going to peddle today, and how much will we gain by it?’
Obama? Oh wait.. that’s the US.
Well looks like Prigozhin exiled, likely Wagner reformed into Russia’s Army Corps or sent to Africa.
All along pretty much nothing Prigozhin said had ever corresponded to reality. Remember when he threatened to pull Wagner out of Bakhmut, and then they captured the city about a week later? So his march to Moscow wasn’t going to go that far.
BBC giving us their spin on “secret information.”
Placed bet with bookie the Russia Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin story is a con bet he attacks from Belarus it will put a lot of heat on Ukraine.
Good thought but his time may have already run out
Not so sure a two sided attack is hard to defend
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