[nuconvert]

There’s a poorly constructed window in a tall building waiting for him

[AdmSmith]

If they want to stop him, they will probably use his weak point: fundraising. He is trying to get 26 million rubles (about $290,000) and now has about 1.7 million. The maximum amount to pay is 2.4 million rubles. They will pay a larger amount from some account and say that it is from abroad or similar and then explain that Nadezhdin is a “foreign agent”.

Nadezhdin’s staff has probably thought about this and done something to check the payment and send them back or send unclear payments to the Russian treasury or similar.

[AdmSmith]

As written above, he has support in the Kremlin and if he is a controlled opposition, the whole thing can take on a life of its own and then increase the internal conflicts. Putin today wants a smaller demobilization (27,000?) to get support in the election, while Shoigu and other generals fear that it will lead to a sense of injustice among those who are not allowed to go (no money for bribes) and less effect in the trenches.

Note that Nadezhdin says that on day 1 after winning the election he will stop the war and send all soldiers home from Ukraine. This is what the Kremlin has difficulty with. The Putin gang is planning a partial mobilization before the election to gain support, and after the election (in April) a total mobilization to make major attacks in Ukraine and in other countries (e.g. Moldova?) The next few months will be interesting.