Posted on 02/28/2022 8:10:18 PM PST by Mariner
A Russian military convoy that was outside of Ivankiv, Ukraine, on Sunday has since made it to the outskirts of Kyiv, satellite images show.
On Sunday, the convoy was roughly 40 miles northwest of the Ukrainian capital, according to images provided by Maxar Technologies.
Maxar said that roughly 17 miles of roadway is chocked full of the convoy, which consists of armored vehicles, tanks, towed artillery and other logistical vehicles.
The private US company said the convoy was located on the T-1011 highway at Antonov air base around 11:11 a.m local time.
Antonov is roughly 17 miles from the center of the Ukrainian capital.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Putin proposed to establish an alternative Eurasian and world security system with support from People's Republic of China (PRC) President Xi Jinping, likely to undermine NATO. Putin claimed that the world is witnessing the “collapse of the Euro-Atlantic security system” and claimed that Western “schemes for security and prosperity in Europe” do not work. Putin outlined a five-step proposal on instituting a new “system of bilateral and multilateral guarantees of collective security in Eurasia” and claimed that he had already tasked the Russian MFA with establishing a dialogue with all of Russia's potential participants of this new security order. Putin claimed that Xi had reportedly stated that the Russian proposal to create a Eurasian security system complements the basic principles of the PRC's “initiative in the field of global security” during Putin's recent visit to the PRC in May 2024. Putin stated that Russia will invite European and NATO countries to participate in this Eurasian security system and argued that Europe must move away from the “military presence of external powers” - implying that Europe needs to abandon NATO and the principles of the North Atlantic Treaty. Putin's explanation of the Eurasian security system appeared to be rather vague but consistent with his long-term strategic goal of disbanding Western unity, disbanding NATO from within, and destroying the current world order. Putin continues attempts to attack and undermine NATO members despite his overtures designed to attract NATO members to join the Russian alternative for “collective Eurasian security.” Stoltenberg stated on June 14 that Russia increased its sabotage operations, cyberattacks, and other hostile actions against NATO in recent weeks.[12]
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-14-2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing a group of trusted and Kremlin-affiliated “veterans” to assume government roles likely in an attempt to appease Russian servicemen and domestic supporters of the war in Ukraine. Putin had a likely staged interaction with Russian military volunteer and former Krasnodar City Mayor Yevgeny Pervyshov during a meeting with the participants of the Russian presidential initiative “Time of Heroes” on June 14.[22] Pervyshov told Putin that he joined the war effort as a volunteer despite previously holding a government position and argued that participants of the “Time of Heroes” initiative would make great government officials. Putin then asked Pervyshov about his government role before mobilization, to which Pervyshov responded that he is a Russian State Duma Deputy and former mayor of Krasnodar. Putin expressed (likely fake) surprise at Pervyshov’s political career and concluded the engagement by telling Pervyshov that he has an unspecified “proposal” for Pervyshov.[23] A Kremlin-affiliated milblogger claimed that Pervyshov fought in the “Grom-Kaskad” Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Brigade, formerly known as the BARS “Kaskad” Battalion originally formed in 2017 as part of the Donetsk People‘s Republic‘s (DNR) Internal Affairs Ministry.[24] [25]
The “Time of Heroes” initiative reportedly began training veterans of the Russian war in Ukraine in April 2024 to assume roles in the Russian government, and Pervyshov’s cameo is likely part of the ongoing Kremlin effort to appease the ever-growing Russian veteran population by appointing and prominently featuring government officials who served in Ukraine.[26] The Kremlin may attempt to incentivize Russians to fight in Ukraine by portraying military service in Ukraine as a pathway for launching a public service career in the Russian government. Former United Russia Party Secretary Andrey Turchak and Russia State Duma Deputy Dmitry Sablin reportedly created and directly curated that BARS “Kaskad” Battalion in 2017 and recruited Russian officials and United Russia party members in Fall 2022 to fight as part of the battalion in occupied Luhansk Oblast.[27] (Turchak reportedly only managed to recruit seven Russian officials to fight with Kaskad).[28] Russian insider sources previously claimed that Putin entrusted Turchak with having veterans run in the Russian presidential primaries and assume positions in the Russian State Duma, but Turchak reportedly failed to accomplish this goal because local businessmen reportedly did not give up their positions in local government that Turchak needed to give to the Russian veterans.[29] Putin is likely continuing to pursue this objective through the “Time of Heroes” initiative and following his demotion of Turchak.
The Swedish military announced on June 15 that a Russian Su-24 tactical fighter-bomber plane temporarily violated Swedish airspace east of the southern tip of Gotland on June 14, likely as part of an effort to discourage European states from participating in NATO and other international institutions supporting Ukraine. The Swedish Armed Forces stated that a Russian Su-24 fighter-bomber failed to heed a verbal warning from the Swedish air combat command before Swedish JAS-39 Gripen aircraft forced the Russian Su-24 out of Swedish airspace.[30] This is the first Russian violation of Swedish airspace since 2022.[31] Russian aircraft also violated Finnish airspace on June 10 for the first time since 2022, and the Finnish Ministry of Defense (MoD) stated on June 14 that it believes that four Russian military aircraft violated Finnish airspace instead of the one aircraft the MoD previously reported.[32] Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson and Finnish Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen participated in a NATO defense ministers’ meeting in Brussels on June 13 and 14 in preparation for the July 2024 Washington Summit, an annual summit which will cover NATO defense, deterrence, and coordinating assistance for Ukraine.[33] The Washington 2024 summit will be the first NATO summit at the level of heads of state for Sweden since its accession in March 2024.[34] Finland is the second newest NATO member, having only joined the alliance in April 2023.[35] The Kremlin likely seeks to punish Sweden for its accession to NATO and to deter NATO states, particularly its newer members, from supporting Ukraine.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-15-2024
“What is the significance of including the HongKong Dollar?”
The value of the HongKong Dollar is pegged to the US Dollar, and it is still afforded special status for convertibility, since it was part of the UK (before the handover to the communist Chinese).
Having that hard, convertible currency is very valuable to the Chinese, and they could risk losing it, if they run afoul of these new secondary sanctions against Russia.
Russian blogger on Crocus 2.0
We warned about this, but the strike was supposed to be in another city. Four things you need to know about terrorists in the Rostov pre-trial detention center
Sources in the FSB are laconic and asked that we not write anything at all about the hostage-taking situation in the Rostov pre-trial detention center. But a few things need to be said.
Firstly , we warned about the threat of such a crime . “The bandits planned to escape and carry out a large-scale terrorist attack. The connection between the terrorists and ISIS is obvious,” said one of our sources.
Secondly, a cache of weapons and explosives was recently found in Rostov-on-Don. Unfortunately, the terrorists who created it were able to escape and remain at large. Security forces are asking all local residents to be careful and remain vigilant.
Thirdly, there is no answer yet to the question of why the FSB and other security forces, knowing that a terrorist attack was being prepared in Russia, did not pay attention to the Rostov pre-trial detention center (where an ISIS cell was actually created). But we will definitely get it. It’s good that, according to preliminary data, everything ended well. But, unfortunately, this is hardly the end of the story.
Fourthly, our sources admit that they were expecting an attack (most likely a large-scale terrorist attack) in another city. They haven’t said what yet, but we’ll definitely find out.
https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/4244
It is not ISIS, it is ISKP
Harold Chambers wrote an article in March after the Crocus attack:
Russia’s New Radicalization Poses Problems
Over the past couple of years, IS and ISKP have increasingly targeted Russia with its propaganda. While ISKP has Central Asian roots, developing out of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, the group’s attempts and ability to recruit Central Asians has hastened with the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, which weakened operations targeting ISKP. The simultaneously growing foci on both recruiting Central Asians and attacking Russia go hand-in-hand. Central Asians are more likely to be radicalized in Russia than at home, not due to any particular proclivity, but rather the variety of socioeconomic conditions that can lead to «extreme rejection of society.» By the summer of 2022, ISKP was fundraising in Russia. While they bombed the Russian embassy in Kabul a few months later, the province’s attempts to launch an attack in Russia were unsuccessful until now.
https://ridl.io/russia-s-new-radicalization-poses-problems/
The «Big Three» families besides the Kadyrovs are the Delimkhanovs, the Daudovs, and the Vismuradovs. This assessment is based off their extensive ties to Kadyrov and repeatedly demonstrated proximity to the republic's warlord. Few would deny the status of these three families—headed by Adam Delimkhanov, Magomed Daudov, and Abuzaid Vismuradov—although the latter retreated from public standing prior to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
https://ridl.io/the-stakeholders-of-the-kadyrov-regime/
Perhaps it will be an update soon:
Kadyrov is seeking an urgent meeting with Putin. The leader of Chechnya faces “a blow that he may not survive.”
Ramzan Kadyrov wants to personally talk with Vladimir Putin, despite the fact that he met with the president relatively recently. The reason is alarming rumors that reached the head of Chechnya. “We learned from very reliable sources that people close to Kiriyenko are preparing some kind of blow against Ramzan Akhmatovich. These devils spread gossip and threats, they say that Ramzan Akhmatovich may not survive this blow. Therefore, we need a conversation personally with Vladimir Vladimirovich. To avoid problems, I'm not afraid of this word, for all of Russia,” an interlocutor close to Kadyrov explained to us.
According to him, problems are predicted for the head of Chechnya as early as next week. That's why he wants to meet with Putin as soon as possible, “to tell him what bad things Kiriyenko is doing.” The situation is complicated by the fact that Kiriyenko’s people allegedly want to strike at Kadyrov “with the wrong hands.”
The Kremlin confirmed to us: Kadyrov is seeking a meeting with the president. But we are not yet sure that it will take place in the near future. At the same time, sources close to Kiriyenko refused to comment on the accusations of Kadyrov’s people. In particular, they did not say anything about our assumption: they want to punish Ramzan Akhmatovich for the behavior of his fighters. Because of them, let us remind you, more than 20 military personnel recently died in the Kursk region (see https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4042550/posts?page=6537#6537).
In general, after talking with a large number of sources in the corridors of power, we must state: Kadyrov’s problems are growing like a snowball. And the next week may seriously aggravate these problems.
The Kremlin and Kremlin affiliates continue efforts to use Russia's relationship with Republika Srpska (the Serbian political entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina) to destabilize the Balkans. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed at the opening of the Russian embassy in Banja Luka on June 11 that ties between Russia and Republika Srpska are at an all-time high.[18] Lavrov claimed that the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) will prioritize the construction of religious and cultural institutions in Banja Luka that are critical for the strengthening of the “ties of brotherhood” between the people of Russia and Republika Srpska. A prominent, Kremlin-affiliated Russian milblogger claimed on June 16 in an interview with a Republika Srpska TV channel that Russia will support Republika Srpska’s independence and that the opening of the Russian embassy in Banja Luka demonstrates the friendship and cooperation between Russia and Republika Srpska.[19] The milblogger claimed that Russia may open a Russian cultural center (Russia house – Russkii dom) in Republika Srpska. Moldovan and Ukrainian officials have previously warned that Russian officials use Russkii dom to promote Russian propaganda and conduct “subversive work” abroad.[20]
The same milblogger’s channel claimed in April 2024 that it opened a “media school” in the Balkans and that the channel's team spent a week in Serbia and Republika Srpska giving lectures on how to operate Telegram channels and fight “misinformation.”[21] Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik stated on June 7 that Republika Srpska intended to hold a referendum on its independence from Bosnia and Herzegovina on an unspecified date.[22] The Kremlin has previously leveraged its relationship with Republika Srpska to further influence the Balkans, sow divisions in the West, and undermine the Dayton Accords to throw the Balkans into turmoil.[23]
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-16-2024
Putin's trip, which is scheduled to last for three days, follows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s visit to Russia in September 2023. Putin will spend two days in North Korea before traveling to Vietnam, the Kremlin said.
China is very interested in knowing what is being said.
Putin will bring some goodies to the DPRK. We found out what we will get for this.
We wrote back in April that Vladimir Putin will visit the DPRK in June. Our insight is confirmed. The visit was planned for the end of the month, but was moved closer to the middle. Sources in the Kremlin confirmed another insider of ours - after this visit we will receive (and have already begun to receive) a lot of North Korean shells and missiles. “Their missiles are, admittedly, so-so, but they will also be useful. But we really need shells. At the same time, Vladimir Vladimirovich will separately discuss with Kim Jong-un the issue of ensuring that we are supplied with as few defective shells and missiles as possible. So that our military does not die from them, as happened ,” said the interlocutor, who will go to the DPRK with the president.
In return, our North Korean partners will receive, according to another source, “a number of goodies from Russia.” These include food, “assistance with aircraft and missile technology that will help Pyongyang more effectively confront its enemies.” We, of course, will not disclose what exactly this help will be. Let's just say that Kim Jong-un will definitely be satisfied.
A “mostly peaceful” invasion, folks.
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LOL. Good one.
Such losses will eventually cause more rebellion within Russia. I wonder how Russian taxpayers feel about the new Stalin Hollywood-style sign on the mountain side way out in the middle of nowhere to memorialize the place where Stalin served a sentence. The Comintern, the Cheka, the NKVD, and the KGB, all survive and thrive within Putin’s Neo-Stalinist state.
https://x.com/duke_garland_2/status/1803026641259487643
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Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed four deputy defense ministers and replaced them with a “close relative,” the son of a former Russian prime minister, and an economist on June 17 in an ongoing purge of officials in the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD).[5] Putin dismissed deputy defense ministers Nikolai Pankov, Ruslan Tsalikov, Tatiana Shevtsova, and Army General Pavel Popov, replacing them with deputy defense ministers Anna Tsivileva and Pavel Fradkov and First Deputy Defense Minister Leonid Gornin.[6] Tsivileva is Putin's first cousin once removed (“niece”), wife of the recently appointed Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev, and the Chairperson of the Kremlin-initiated ”Defenders of the Fatherland” Foundation.[7] Tsivileva was also previously part of the Council on Issues of Trusteeship in the Social Sphere under the Russian Government in 2019.[8] The Russian MoD specified that Tsivileva will oversee social and housing support for the Russian Armed Forces as deputy defense minister.[9] Fradkov is the son of former Russian Prime Minister and longest serving Director of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Mikhail Fradkov.[10] Pavel Fradkov served as the First Deputy Administrator of the Presidential Administration since 2021, Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for State Property Management (Rosimushchestvo) from 2012 to 2015, and at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ (MFA) Department of Pan-European Cooperation from 2005 to 2012.[11] Fradkov’s brother Pyotr Fradkov is the Chairperson of the Russian state-owned Promsvyazbank and recently met with Kremlin-affiliated governor of the pro-Russian Moldovan autonomous region of Gagauzia, Yevgenia Gutsul, on April 9, possibly as part of Kremlin's efforts to destabilize Moldova.[12] The Russian MoD reported that Fradkov will oversee property management issues, land resources, construction of MoD facilities, and the national economy.[13] Gornin served as the First Deputy Minister of Finance since May 2018, Deputy Minister of Finance from 2012 to 2018, and Minister of Finance and Tax Policy of Novosibirsk Oblast from 2010 to 2011.[14] The Russian MoD specified that Gornin will be responsible for the MoD’s budget policy and will oversee financial support for the Russian Armed Forces.[15] Gornin will also work on increasing the transparency of financial flows and ensuring the effective spending of budget funds. Putin also signed a bill on June 17 that increased the number of Russian deputy defense minister positions from 11 to 12.[16]
Tsivileva’s, Fradkov’s, and Gornin’s appointments support Putin's recent efforts to introduce his relatives and the children of other senior Russian officials to the Russian public and to install economic advisors to the MoD to improve the wartime economy. Both Tsivileva and Fradkov reportedly participated in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) alongside Putin's daughters and the children of other senior officials on June 6 and 7.[17] ISW assessed on June 7 that Putin attempted to introduce his children and the children of officials in his close circle to the public, likely to set conditions for them to eventually assume high-profile and powerful roles in the Russian government.[18] Tsivileva also notably met with Putin on June 1 to discuss state financial support for combatants who had fought in Ukraine as part of private military companies (PMCs).[19] Putin also has been increasingly appointing economists to take senior positions at the Russian MoD and notably replaced Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on May 12 with former First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov who is an economist by trade.[20] Putin also replaced former Russian Deputy Defense Minister Colonel General Yury Sadovenko with former Deputy Economic Minister and Federation Council Accounts Chamber Auditor Oleg Savelyev on May 20.[21] These appointments suggest that Putin is prioritizing the appointment of officials whom he deems to be loyal to the regime and economists to improve Russia's defense industrial base (DIB). Putin also may be attempting to groom possible successors to his regime from the pool of his children and relatives and children of other senior officials.
Russian milbloggers largely focused on celebrating the dismissal of Pankov, Tsalikov, Shevtsova, and Popov and largely overlooked the apparent nepotism that benefited two of the new deputy defense ministers.[22] Russian milbloggers welcomed new MoD appointments, stating that Putin finally removed officials that thought of themselves as untouchable.[23] Russian milbloggers also claimed that these dismissals are a step in the right direction to resolve corruption in the Russian MoD and improve the defense industrial base (DIB).[24] Russian milbloggers specifically focused on the news of Tsalikov’s dismissal, citing his poor management of the Russian MoD’s information policies and official coverage of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.[25] Some milbloggers implied that Tsalikov had conflicts with Russian milbloggers who criticized the Russian MoD.[26] A Wagner Group-affiliated milblogger claimed that the Kremlin stopped considering Tsalikov as Shoigu’s replacement in 2022 after Putin received a memo from unnamed state security agencies about Tsalikov’s corruption.[27] The Wagner-affiliated milblogger added that Shevtsova was the subject of numerous independent investigations, including one into how former Deputy Minister of Finance Tatyana Nesterenko and former Head of the Federal Treasury Roman Artyukhin sang songs that mocked the Russian army and soldiers at Shevtsova’s birthday celebration. The Wagner-affiliated milblogger concluded that he was disappointed that Putin did not dismiss Deputy Defense Minister Alexey Krivoruchko, who is a leading figure in many independent anti-corruption investigations, over his corruption schemes involving the Russian joint-stock arms manufacturing company Kalashnikov Concern. Some Russian political bloggers drew parallels between the appointments of deputy defense ministers under Belousov and former Russian Defense Minister Anatoliy Serdyukov, who also had an economic background as the Minister of the Russian Tax Service from 2004 to 2007.[28] Russian political bloggers noted that Serdyukov appointed officials from the Russian Federal Tax Service, whereas Belousov is appointing officials from the Russian ministries of finance and economic development and from among Putin's friends and family.[29]
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-17-2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin published an article in North Korean state-owned newspaper Rodong Sinmun praising Russian–North Korean cooperation on the eve of his visit to North Korea, likely to frame any future support that North Korea will lend to Russia as part of a common struggle against the West.[1] Putin invoked the history of the Soviet Union's support for North Korea during and following the Korean War in his June 18 article and noted that the Soviet Union was the first country to establish diplomatic relations with North Korea. Putin claimed that the Soviet Union's support helped North Korea strengthen its economy and establish a peaceful society following the Korean War and thanked North Korea for its support of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Putin praised Kim Jong-Un’s dedication to his father's and grandfather's legacies and praised Pyongyang as a “staunch like-minded” nation who is standing with Russia in opposition to the collective West. Putin reaffirmed Russia's support for North Korea's struggle against its enemy — the United States. Putin also implied that Western states are common adversaries of Russia and North Korea. Putin noted that Russia, like North Korea, maintains its strong economy and independence despite Western sanctions and praised North Korea's long-term struggle against the West. Putin claimed that the West has refused peace offers from both leaders, although both leaders appear averse to serious, good-faith peace negotiations.[2] Putin stated that Russia and North Korea will cooperate to develop a security architecture for Eurasia and expressed hope that their bilateral relations will continue to deepen. Putin's intentional appeal to known propaganda narratives about the legacies of the Kim regime, the Korean War, and North Korea's historical struggle against the US and the West is likely setting conditions for Putin to justify his future requests or demands of the North Korean people in support of Russia's war effort in Ukraine. Putin's visit to North Korea is also a significant goodwill gesture towards Kim Jong-Un as the visit helps legitimize Kim's pariah regime both domestically and abroad. Foreign heads of state rarely visit North Korea, and Putin last visited North Korea in 2000. Putin may be using this visit as flattery to assist in extracting additional aid from North Korea in the future, which may range from additional requests for weapon supplies or even manpower; for example, reports in 2022 suggested that North Korea was considering sending North Korean workers to Russian-occupied Ukraine to help with reconstruction efforts.[3]
Select Western officials warned about the dangers of greater cooperation between global authoritarian regimes on June 17 in response to Putin's visit to North Korea. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated on June 17 that Russia's growing alignment with its “authoritarian friends” is making it “even more important” for NATO countries to work with their partners in the Indo-Pacific region and condemned the People's Republic of China's (PRC) and North Korea's support for Russia's war effort.[4] US National Security Spokesperson John Kirby stated during a press conference that the US is alarmed by deepening Russian–North Korean relations due to both the consequences in Ukraine and the security of the Korean peninsula.[5] Kirby stated that the US is carefully monitoring the development of Russian–North Korea relations.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-18-2024
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4042550/posts?page=6588#6588
Yesterday Proekt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proekt published a long video with English subtitles that so far has been viewed more than 1.79 million times:
“Murders, harem of minors and the secret of Ramzan Kadyrov’s heirs | Historical investigation”
“Subdued Chechnya is the basis of Putin's power, that's how he himself became president. If we recognise that the leader of subjugated Chechnya turned out to be a scoundrel, what will be left of Putin himself?”
This is how one Russian official responded to a question about the immunity of Ramzan Kadyrov, who has built a genuine sultanate inside Russia that is beyond the control of Russian laws. We present a historical investigation into the blood-filled path Kadyrov has travelled to build this sultanate. It includes new facts about the murders surrounding Kadyrov and the incredible scale of theft, as well as equally horrifying details of his private life, which includes a harem with underage concubines and brutal punishments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3lVJPFJmJk
A comment by a Russian blogger:
The attack on Kadyrov, which we warned about, has begun.
The film about Ramzan Kadyrov, which was released the day before, fully confirms what we wrote about . They began to attack the Chechen leader, and by proxy.
We will not comment on who could have carried out this attack and why. But we must quote the words of a source in the [Presidential Administration]: “I hope Ramzan Akhmatovich understood everything. He also received non-public signals. If he doesn't understand, then something may happen that he may not survive.” Our interlocutor refused to say more.
At the same time, we learned that there are discussions in Vladimir Putin's circle about whether to publicly report the president's meetings with Kadyrov now.
That same film talks about the alleged pedophilia of the Chechen leader; this topic was picked up by foreign agents and our Western ill-wishers. Such associations can be harmful for Putin's image. But the decision here remains with Vladimir Vladimirovich.
Ukraine ping
AdmSmith: [Yesterday Proekt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proekt published a long video with English subtitles that so far has been viewed more than 1.79 million times:
“Murders, harem of minors and the secret of Ramzan Kadyrov’s heirs | Historical investigation”
“Subdued Chechnya is the basis of Putin’s power, that’s how he himself became president. If we recognise that the leader of subjugated Chechnya turned out to be a scoundrel, what will be left of Putin himself?”
This is how one Russian official responded to a question about the immunity of Ramzan Kadyrov, who has built a genuine sultanate inside Russia that is beyond the control of Russian laws. We present a historical investigation into the blood-filled path Kadyrov has travelled to build this sultanate. It includes new facts about the murders surrounding Kadyrov and the incredible scale of theft, as well as equally horrifying details of his private life, which includes a harem with underage concubines and brutal punishments.]
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