What really happened to Patrushev?
It is interesting to observe how a number of telegram channels, which only yesterday praised Nikolai Patrushev, rushed to throw mud at him after his appointment to a new position . Here it is worth making a small remark about him and the former Tula governor Dyumin, who saw himself, if not as prime minister, then AT LEAST as minister of defense. In two months, Patrushev will turn 73 years old. During my time working for the state, some health issues have accumulated that need to be resolved. Under Patrushev, the Security Council became a truly strong body that has influence. And Patrushev Sr. will largely retain this influence personally.
He is one of the most prominent hawks of the Vladimir Putin era, and Vladimir Vladimirovich himself understands this. People like Nikolai Platonovich cannot simply be thrown away . Now Patrushev is moving on to more specific work, and his influence little by little (and this is important to clarify) will pass to his son Dmitry Patrushev, who was appointed Deputy Prime Minister.
“Few during this rotation managed to get a promotion. But Dima was able to (talking about Dmitry Patrushev - Ed.). And Borya Kovalchuk was able to (the son of billionaire close to Putin Yuri Kovalchuk was appointed head of the Accounts Chamber - Ed.),” noted the political strategist, working with the Kremlin.
At the same time, Sergei Kiriyenko, who successfully organized the next elections of Vladimir Vladimirovich, remained in his position. Although he strengthened himself informally at the expense of his people in the government. Therefore, only a person who is completely unfamiliar with the real situation in the elites can say that Patrushev was “written off” or “thrown out.”
Let's return to Dyumin - he saw himself in a much higher position than assistant to the president. However, you must understand that there are many people interested, but the number of Chairs is limited. Therefore, Dyumin was given the opportunity to gain more experience. Despite the fact that the former governor is already 51 years old. He understands that in the next year or two, if the SVO does not end, he is unlikely to be transferred to another Chair. And this is even a little offensive, because Dyumin was as loyal to Putin as possible. His interlocutors say that his handshake with Prigozhin let him down.
People of the new Minister of Defense offered us money!
After we talked about Andrei Belousov’s visit to the Diveyevo Monastery and what happened there after that, they tried to get in touch with us. A person close to the new Minister of Defense offered us cooperation. And we think it's worth telling our readers about this for two reasons.
Firstly , from a media point of view, Belousov understands that the position of the Minister of Defense of a warring country will always be the focus of attention, and a lot of criticism awaits him. From this point of view, establishing contact with key media platforms is a good initiative. Obviously, it will be possible to come to an agreement with someone.
Secondly, we were offered quite good money. Our silence was valued at one million rubles a month. In principle, quite generous. But we refused. This, if you remember, is not the first attempt to bribe the Kremlin snuffbox, but we don't want to spoil our aura. [see below] The truth is important, because sometimes it can even save lives, including our military.
We will certainly monitor Belousov’s activities as Minister of Defense. It will be interesting to see how a man without a large team will reform such a huge system in a war.
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19NOV2023 Abramovich's people want to buy “Табакерку” [=snuff box = this channel]. Here's what we think about it
This is not the first time we have received an offer to sell the Kremlin Табакерку channel. A year ago they offered a million rubles for the channel, now the price has increased 10 times.
We were offered 10 million for the channel and another million on top for urgency. One of the channel's admins was contacted by an intermediary who had previously worked with Roman Abramovich. He hinted that our publications about his possible participation in the elections somewhat interfere with the plans of the businessman.
Let us answer publicly at once to all those wishing to buy this channel - “Табакерку” is not for sale. The channel was created by independent journalists who are really well connected, but may not always agree with the actions of the authorities. Yes, we are against war. We do not like the meat grinder in which tens of thousands of our citizens have died. At the same time, we realize that hiding the truth is also a crime. And we do not intend to be complicit in it. And yes, we support our military, although we do not always agree with the decisions of individual generals.
We will speak the truth and tell what, alas, will not be shown on federal television. We are not after the long ruble and have not placed a single advertisement in the channel for the whole time. “Табакерку” is about the future. In which the truth cannot be bought. And we value our readers too much to cheat them.
On the eve of the elections, we are ready to publish interviews with all the candidates, including Vladimir Putin and Roman Abramovich. The questions will not be easy, but we are giving all participants in the election a chance to speak out.
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10 Million Ruble is about $110,000. The average accrued salary in Russia is 70.9 thousand rubles in September 2023 - an increase of 14.6% y/y and 29.7% over two years.
https://tadviser.com/index.php/Article:Average_salary_in_Russia#Average_accrued_salary_70.9_thousand_rubles