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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://twitter.com/vtchakarova/status/1685578614517964800?s=46&t=RXug2E3wPuDEf8vlgSC9SQ

From one of the very very very few eastern bloc analysts - who within an hour of prig’s tantrum — had sussed out that it was going to be a nothing burger 
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[b]I don't think anyone thought that Prigozhin's mutiny would overthrow the Kremlin. [/b] As it was happening, I personally thought he would stop at Rostov-on-Don, yet he went further than that.  In a sense, yes, Tchakarova's statements (in a tactical sense) are correct, but I think the conclusion that Prigozhin's mutiny is a 'nothingburger' is incorrect (from a strategic sense).

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You don't? Then you must have been deaf and blind.  I don't have time to look up the links but practically every single member of the  commentariat was beside themselves churning out stories that made it sound like Russia is tottering on the brink of collapse and Putin must be shivering the corner in a bunker somewhere.

I called my sister in Moscow on that day.  I wasn't even mildly worried but I wanted to get a real scoop.  She said - "dunno what the deal is and don't care.  My husband is at the country house tending the veg and I stayed behind to get a manicure. "   That was pretty typical of the level of excitement these news caused locally.

This doesn't surprise me.  The coverage of Russia and Russian affairs here is so incredibly incompetent, I read in place of funny pages.[/quote]

Well, since 70 year olds are eligible for conscription now, maybe the veg will need a new caretaker?  Maybe plant a few sunflowers?  But probably she wouldn't tell you if she did have an opinion anyway - with the lines tapped and all.

Solovyev talking to Igor Markov [0:48 / 3:43] "I understand how hard this is for you.  You're from Odesa.  You love Odesa.  It's your hometown.  Right now, you're being hounded.  A clip was cut from this program where you argued with me and were against striking Odesa."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv-zSUBP6zA
NOTE: Solovyev's whistle at the mention of Wagnerites cutting off Poland.

"Video shows a fireball erupting next to Moscow's glitzy skyscrapers as the capital's finance district is struck by drone attacks"
https://www.yahoo.com/news/video-shows-fireball-erupting-next-070222300.html

"During the first stage, the Russian National Guard simulated “countering mass civil disobedience among mobilized individuals and their families during the implementation of full-scale population mobilization measures in Russia.”  In the second stage, Rosgvardiya was tasked with conducting an “operation on Belarusian territory to restore ‘order’ after the ‘military forces of Ukraine and Poland launched missile strikes on Russian Wagner mercenary company camps.’”"
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-national-guard-trains-suppress-014300428.html

"United Russia party sources in the Urals region told Verstka website they had shredded pro-war campaign leaflets."
“There is not a single person here who supports the war. There are no Z-machines here,” the source in Putin’s party said. “If you support the war, you will not be elected.”
"overworked doctors in regional hospitals were resigning because of the stress of having to treat so many mentally and physically broken soldiers."
“There are almost no doctors left, and now the last ones are leaving because of unrealistic requirements on them,”
"warning of inflation linked to a sharp drop in Russia’s labour force.  Ozon, a Russian online retailer, has said it will follow car manufacturer AvtoVAZ and hire convicts to plug shortages. The 500 convicts will pack boxes in its warehouses but, Ozon insisted, will not courier products to customers."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/putin-election-candidates-avoid-mentioning-171513736.html

Dmitry Medvedev, the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation and former President of Russia: "we would have to resort to the use of nuclear weapons in accordance with the rules of the decree of the President of Russia, dated 2 June 2020.  There is simply no other way out.  Therefore, our enemies should pray for our warriors. They prevent a global nuclear conflagration."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/medvedev-threatens-nuclear-weapons-case-151905156.html

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