Putin's allies want to silence all dissidence in Russia using military force. Putin ally threatens to turn Chechens loose on Russian dissidents https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/putin-ally-chechens-dissidents Russian citizens who criticize the Kremlin could find themselves on the receiving end of a nasty visit from Chechen forces, according to an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin’s attempted "partial mobilization" of fighting-aged Russians into the war in Ukraine has prompted a wave of social displeasure, including a mass exodus of apparent draft dodgers and protests in the outlying regions where people are bearing the brunt of the war. Russian lawmaker Adam Delimkhanov, an ethnic Chechen politician known for threatening to decapitate the relatives of a human rights activist, warned university students against any display of disrespect. “I want to tell you that, in the universities — including MGU, MGIMO — all universities in Russia, we already have an assignment from Ramzan Akhmatovych [Kadyrov], for us and our representatives to monitor every region,” said Delimkhanov, in a reference to Moscow State University and Moscow State Institute of International Relations. “If they in the regions are not coping with it, if the services are not coping, then we will manage it, and we’ll ask from everyone who defiles and insults our country, our anthem, our constitution, our president, V.V. Putin — you will all answer for this.” Delimkhanov received the title of Hero of the Russian Federation from Putin in April, following Russia's brutal destruction of Mariupol, the Ukrainian port city that fought block-by-block against the invasion. His message might flatter Putin, but it may not endear the Chechen leaders to potential conscripts — or the intelligence services currently responsible for internal security. “Of course, it will anger FSB as well, I think, internally,” a senior European official with counterintelligence expertise told the Washington Examiner. Still, the warning emphasizes how Chechen forces, an ethnic and religious minority in Russia, have transitioned from the role of Putin’s favorite bogeymen to some of his most important loyalists. “The President of Russia awarded me with the rank of colonel general,” Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov said Wednesday. "The head of state called me and asked to wish all the people of Chechnya welfare, luck, and success in his name! Despite his workload, the commander in chief never forgets about important dates in our region.” That’s a theatrical dramatic reversal of Chechnya’s place in Russian politics throughout Putin’s career. Just weeks after then-President Boris Yeltsin tapped Putin as prime minister and heir apparent in 1999, a series of bombings across Moscow and other Russian cities furnished Putin with an excuse to launch a military offensive in Chechnya that reversed Russia’s defeat in the First Chechen War from 1994 to 1996. Those bombings are widely suspected to have been a false flag operation by Russian security services, given that an investigation into the apparent placement of explosives in Ryazan, a city in western Russia, led to three members of the FSB — the KGB successor agency that Putin led until his appointment as prime minister. “There was a credible body of reporting, open source and others, that this was all — all those bombings were part of a black flag operation on the part of the FSB,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who sits on the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Foreign Relations panel, said during a 2017 hearing. “And if you want to know the motivation, here is what it is: Putin's approval ratings before the attacks against the Chechens were at 31%. By mid-August of that year, it was at 78% in just three months.” The specter of Chechen terrorism has redounded to Putin’s advantage at other key junctures, such as the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in 2015. The Kremlin attributed that killing, which occurred in the heart of Moscow, to Chechen separatists. And Kadyrov’s loyalty to Putin is just one side of a transaction that could shelter Delimkhanov from retaliation by any Russian security officials who take his warning as an insult. “In a sense, Chechnya at the moment has been more independent than Chechnya has been, ever,” the senior European official predicted. “Nothing will happen. FSB is not doing anything in Chechnya without Kadyrov’s approval.”
I would like to send a bunch of those Chechen fuckers over to Berkley for a week or so, just to mix it up a little. All the students and professors there think America sucks, so they should be fine with it. Having the Chechens take charge at Berkley would be multi-cultural right?
Russian professor fired after telling her students jail is better than being Putin's cannon fodder Olga Lizunkova is accused of saying prison is better than becoming "cannon fodder" to her students who were at risk of being called up under Putin’s mobilisation drive https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/russian-professor-fired-after-telling-28174113
Russia declares popular rapper and writer ‘foreign agents’ Oxxxymiron added to an updated list alongside four journalists and Dmitry Glukhovsky, a prominent writer https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ares-popular-rapper-and-writer-foreign-agents The Russian justice ministry has declared one of the country’s most popular rappers to be a “foreign agent”, a legal designation that has been used to hound Kremlin critics and journalists. Oxxxymiron, whose real name is Miron Fyodorov, was added to an updated list of foreign agents alongside four journalists and Dmitry Glukhovsky, a prominent writer. The rapper has called the Kremlin’s Ukraine offensive a “catastrophe and a crime”. He cancelled a scheduled Russian tour in protest at the invasion, subsequently left Russia and gave a series of concerts in Turkey, Britain and Germany entitled “Russians Against The War”. In late August, authorities said they were investigating his work under the country’s anti-extremism laws. Under Russian law, material designated “extremist” is effectively prohibited. The term “foreign agent” subjects those listed to stringent financial reporting requirements. It also obliges them to preface anything they publish with a disclaimer stating they are foreign agents. Oxxxymiron, whose lyrics are strongly political and who attended rallies backing jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, was one of Russia’s prominent rappers before the war, enjoying wide popularity in a country where hip-hop is a popular genre. In January, Russia’s deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov praised his work in an interview as “astonishing in its depth”. Popular Russian science fiction writer Glukhovsky – who also denounced the offensive and was put on a wanted list for “discrediting” the Russian army – was also labelled a “foreign agent”. The author of a 2002 post-apocalyptic fiction novel, “Metro 2033”, was put on the list after a Russian court ordered his arrest in absentia for his criticism of the offensive. Feminist politician Alena Popova – who has long campaigned for domestic violence legislation in Russia – and a journalist for Radio Free Europe/Liberty, Irina Storozheva, were also added to the foreign agent list.
60-Year-Old Jailed for Telling Vladimir Putin’s Parents What a Shithead He Is Irina Tsybanyeva is not the first Russian citizen to leave a note at the gravesite of Putin’s parents since he launched his full-scale war against Ukraine. https://www.thedailybeast.com/60-ye...ote-about-vladimir-putin-at-his-parents-grave
By July 2023? Hello... this is 2022. And how many times that bridge will be hit again by then? The Kerch Bridge explosion temporarily halted rail and road traffic on the 12-mile span, undermining a vital supply route for the Kremlin’s forces. The Russian government said Friday that repairs were scheduled to be completed by July 2023. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/...reservists-over-two-weeks-to-fight-in-ukraine