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[ti-amie]

[Suliso]

Something "funny" is happening in Russia right now, but really unclear what exactly.

[mmmm8]

The prevailing theory in Russia is that Prigozhin is being used to set up the Ministry of Defense and its lead Sergey Shoigu to take the blame for the military failures and make Putin look cleaner. The story will be that Putin was being misinformed and misled by the minister.

[ti-amie]

Thank you both. There's more being posted but it's really confusing. This was the clearest thread I found.

[ponchi101]

If I had one dollar for every time I heard a "Chavista" say "he is uninformed" when one asked them about some local disaster, I would need to work ever again.
They all use the same handbook.

[ti-amie]

[ti-amie]

Meanwhile there are cat fights going on in the US House of Representatives

[ti-amie]

This man is the Bureau Chief of the Financial times not some blue-check Elmo fanboy.

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The folks providing the video here are followed by Mr. Vindman so I assume it's legit.

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[mmmm8]

That last statement is correct. Many if not most established independent Russian and Russia-focused journalists and those in independent media (including Max Seddon) are now working from abroad, mostly Latvia.

It is very difficult to understand what is happening vs what is a narrative being pushed. If there is a coup attempt, there is no available information of how large the Wagner group even is!

[ti-amie]

mmmm8 do you think it's safe to say that if the underbosses are fighting something is up? This is just me spitballing.