Is it time to host a poll on how many days Putin has left in power? Putin’s Former Speechwriter Predicts Military Coup in Russia https://news.yahoo.com/putin-former-speechwriter-predicts-military-144009616.html A former Kremlin aide is warning that as Moscow blindly pursues its bloody conquest in Ukraine, the situation at home is quietly heading towards a military coup. Abbas Gallyamov, Vladimir Putin’s former speechwriter, says the conditions are already there for a full revolt. “The longer the war drags on, the clearer its pointlessness becomes,” Gallyamov writes in a new column for opposition media outlet Mozhem Obyasnit. The Russian public has largely begun to realize that the Kremlin’s dream of toppling the Kyiv “regime” is not going to happen, Gallyamov notes, and the consolation prize of new “Russian” territories is not winning anybody over. Discord is also growing in the military, he argues, where “[Wagner boss Yevgeny] Prigozhin has completely discredited the regime in the eyes of service members with his rhetoric, and anger at the authorities allowing a criminal to walk all over them is growing stronger.” Putin’s cunning, “macho” image has also disintegrated, Gallyamov writes: “As problems pile up in the country and the army that the authorities are unable to solve, Putin is more steadily transforming in people’s eyes from a great strategist to an ordinary, second-rate dictator.” After months of widespread reports on Russian troops rebelling against their commanders, going public with complaints about top military brass, or deserting the war altogether, Gallyamov notes that all it takes to light the fuse of a full military coup is a little more organization. “It must be understood that the vast majority of commanders in the army of an authoritarian nation are not staunch supporters of the authorities, but run-of-the-mill opportunists,” he argues. So once a revolt begins and “yesterday’s loyalties” vanish, military commanders will fight for whoever seems most likely to win, according to Gallyamov. “If complaints against authorities seem convincing to [a commander], then he will most likely decide that that [regime] will not stand against a wave of public anger. And if that’s the case, there’s no reason not to join.” In addition to the myriad reports about troops revolting against and in some cases even attacking their own commanders, thousands more Russian soldiers have voluntarily handed themselves over to Ukrainian authorities to avoid taking part in the war. A representative for a Ukrainian hotline called “I Want to Live” told The Guardian on Thursday that a total of 6,543 Russian troops had called up seeking to surrender to the Ukrainian government in a span of about four months. “During the liberation of Kherson, we had calls from Russians and they told us, ‘Just save our souls because we got stuck somewhere in the mud, our battalion is totally crushed, we have 10 soldiers left, please take us from this mess,” Vitali Matvienko was quoted saying. He did not say how many of those phone calls led to completed surrenders. While Russian troops had once bragged about what they were sure would be a lightning-fast takeover of Ukraine, ordinary Russian citizens are now instead seeing a steady drip of death at home, with billboards going up advertising funeral services for “Cargo 200,” a military term for those killed in action. Incidentally, Russia’s funeral services industry may be one of the only sectors of the economy to hit the jackpot in the war, even as other industries suffer from international sanctions. The Insider reports that the industry is blowing up at a record pace and crematoriums are “growing exponentially.” The owner of a crematorium in Novosibirsk told the outlet there’s so much demand he’s planning to open a whole new military section in the spring. “Everything will be in the military style, we’ll even set up a cannon,” he said, adding that manufacturers had also begun offering camouflage coffins and “a lot of military paraphernalia.” Although they may not prove that popular. “Apparently for the relatives it has bad associations,” he said.
Let’s do a thought experiment, address some realities, and for the sake of argument, consider the possibility of “Ukrainian Nazis crawling all over?”. Even if there is a large enclave of Nazis in Ukraine, so what? They are have not, nor were in the position of invading Russia, right? If you accept my suggestion that Nazism involves the invasion of peaceful countries, killing lots of people, and committing war crimes, certain countries stand out in that regard. Nazi Germany, The Soviet Union / Russia, and the United States. Since Ukraine’s independence from the Soviet Union, Ukraine gave up its WMDs in exchange for promises that her sovereignty will be recognized by Russia and other countries. Since Ukraine’s independence, what countries has she invaded, what mass casualties caused, and what war crimes were committed? Nazism nowadays is mostly a label placed on a group that a belligerent uses to justify an otherwise unjustifiable action against that group. We see this in US politics as well. Russia and the United States deal armaments on a global scale and thus tend to benefit from most conflicts as long as direct personnel losses are reasonably managed. As such, Russia and the United States tend to action to “Stir the pot” by influencing elections, causing civil unrest, and conducting false flag operations. For example, why do you think Biden was willing to trade a basketball player for the worlds most proficient arms dealer, Viktor Bout? Viktor will certainly help stir the geopolitical pot, to the delight of heavy lobbying US defense contractors. Russia and the United States have tremendous resources of various types, allowing great flexibility in choosing primary economic drivers. Artificial intelligence is a systemic, paradigm changing technology that has, or soon will become artificial consciousness. It is safe to say we are well past the infection point of hyperbolic technological growth. From a military standpoint, technological growth means weapons of greater capability at lower cost as well as updated military strategies. Are you able to visualize the potential geopolitical repercussions this may have, such as increasing escalation imperatives? Can you see how our anachronistic economic engine of arms dealing is becoming increasingly dangerous and more likely to threaten modern civilization? Fortunately, the transition from arms dealing to mega energy, food, and space development projects should be easy. Easy, if we can commit to getting along. Ukraine is not the problem. It is the leaders of major powers with antiquated ideas that is the problem. Our current leaders lack the situational awareness, understanding, and vision to safely navigate a world that will be increasingly dominated by artificial intelligence. If you accept my thesis, the next question is what can we personally do to help change the current status quo? Stop supporting Putin’s justification of his invasion against Ukraine would be a fine start. Then comes discussion of how to end the war. You up for this challenge?
Elections have consequences. Wanna watch a movie? https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/2000-mules.366968/page-8#post-5607093 https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/2000-mules.366968/page-8#post-5607093
Originally the Russians were using mobile crematoriums to hide their war crimes. Now the mobile crematoriums are being used to dispose of their soldiers and avoid making payments to their families. Russia Is Using 'Mobile Crematoriums' To Dispose Of Dead Soldiers' Corpses: Ukraine Intel https://www.ibtimes.com/russia-usin...e-dead-soldiers-corpses-ukraine-intel-3661515 Ukraine said Russia does not identify or account its dead to hide Moscow's actual death toll in the war The families of dead Russian soldiers are being deprived of the compensation they were promised The Russian army was previously accused of using the crematoriums to burn dead Ukrainian civilians The Russian army is using "mobile crematoriums" to dispose of the corpses of its dead soldiers amid Moscow's mounting losses in the war, according to Ukrainian intelligence. In a Telegram post on Thursday, Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine Hanna Malyar said at least five mobile crematoriums are following behind the Russian army's frontline positions. "According to the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense (GUR of the Ministry of Defense): given the catastrophic situation that has developed, the enemy is actively using mobile crematoriums," she wrote. "In particular, in the rear of the advanced positions of the occupiers, the constant movement of about five such crematoria is noted." Malyar further noted that the Russian army does not identify or account for the bodies of dead comrades burned in the crematorium as part of an effort to hide Moscow's death toll in the war in Ukraine. Additionally, the families of the soldiers who were killed in combat are being deprived of the compensation they were promised upon conscription. "Cremations take place without any identification and accounting of the bodies of the dead occupants. In this way, the Russian command hides the huge losses of personnel and continues to apply the traditional Russian practice of depriving the families of the dead of the benefits and compensation advertised by Russian propaganda," Malyar added. This is not the first time the Russian army has been reported to use mobile crematoriums to burn their dead. In February 2022, the British Ministry of Defense released footage of trucks that can "evaporate" dead soldiers, suggesting that the Kremlin might deploy them in the war to hide their losses, as reported by the Telegraph.
how many more dead russian "soldiers" will it take to start a russian revolution? will you fight and die for putin? if yes - why are you still here? if not - why not?
Meanwhile back in Russia... Russians warned to 'lock up kids' as Putin's killers and rapists return from Ukraine The first batch of the notorious Wagner Group mercenary fighters are now back from the frontline and free to live normal lives after being given pardons from their prison sentences https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/russians-warned-lock-up-kids-29062825