At this point it's obvious that Pepe has a lot of respect for you, the only other writer he consistently posts to his channel is Alistair Crooke and Crooke is brilliant, you're in good company .
Big Serge is becoming critical of the Kremlin. He recently said things like "they aren't even willing to terminate the grain deal at this point." If Putin is losing someone like Big Serge, it tells me he is losing his mystique.
Wouldn't Russian propaganda be better served by saying they are backing down in the interests of preventing a wider war instead of saying things like "We are so stupid and ignorant we never knew any of this would happen, unlike people sitting at home on web forum who all knew about this." Reminds me of Fed Chairman Greenspan that said repeatedly that no one predicted the housing crash in 2008, despite people everywhere saying it will happen. I guess if Greenspan got away with it, the Kremlin will also.
SINCE PUTIN CLAIMS TO BE SO STUPID, HE SHOULD ANNOUNCE THIS IS HIS LAST TERM.
"Wagner is being singled out for deliberate destruction as a potential enemy of the MoD as part of a political intrigue against Wagner. The plan is to get Ukraine to do the dirty work and even help them along so that Wagner is outflanked and killed. Standard Kremlin modus operandi, actually. Probably how they got rid of the original Donbass patriots."
Historically, this is the standard modus operandi of all cunning snake-like rulers. They gather a powerful group of "true believers" to conquer an opponent and once that's accomplished they use another group even the supposed enemy to demolish the loyalists as "uncompromising true believers" usually become a threat to the snake leadership. To put it simply, it's called a purge. 🥺
How the hell are you putting out this much content? What are you on? Ritalin? Coffee enemas? Don't you sleep? And it's great content at that, impressive
Where did I see the same script before, ahh yeah Croats vs Serbs, vs Bosnians...when enough bombs will drop and enough people will die or be removed from their ancestral homes..then suddenly we will have some great summit and talk about peace. I write mostly about reality but on this matter, I have this to say Brother is killing Brother again and the devil is dancing a jig and all end with thunderous applause provided by unsuspecting masses.
Ovo je na Hrvatskom:"Do dvanest sati se ratuje a poslije se trguje"...pametnom dosta.
In regards to why Wagner is still trying to throw the AFU out of their last foot holds in the city its probably just because those high rises in the South Western part of the town are ideal for defense. If Wagner is going to need to transition over to defense they will want those. The losses incurred taking them will be compensated by the advantages of holding them on the defense. Its sort of a maxim that higher ground is good ground and having AFU sitting in those highrises means they have excellent observation of everything Wagner is doing which means constant artillery and quicker reaction time which will bleed Wagner regardless of whether they are attacking or not. Thats a problem the musicians want to remove and an advantage they want when they need to go on defense.
The sheer amount of more or less deserved hate that Prigozhin is throwing is yet more indirect confirmation that Wagner=GRU imo. Prigozhin must feel like he also has a krisha and that krisha is GRU. This would be especially relevant in terms of a conflict with Gerasimov and Shoigu no? If anyone would know where lots of bodies where buried with MoD it would be GRU. So I could see the Shoigu/Gerasimov bratsva not feeling comfortable just killing Prigozhin outright because GRU might well have cards to play that Shoigu/Gerasimov would really rather they didnt. Its not just a matter of GRU leaking a bunch of scandal worthy material, I doubt Shoigu is worried about that. But a situation where GRU starts knocking off Shoigu loyalist and pinning it on the Ukrainians would be very bad for MoD. The Ukrainians have the means, and on the surface in the eyes the plebs a very good motive no?
MoD wants to surrender gracefully, the 5D idiots and peasants think MoD are brilliant, so if they start getting blown up MoD would be in a very tight spot. The stupid MoD 5D loyalist would demand Ukrainian blood and SBU heads which is exactly what Shoigu and Gerasimov want to avoid. That is if GRU responds in kind to the Shoigu mafia taking out Prigozhin the situation could well be become even worse for MoD. Since the Kremlin has already given SBU/NATO free reign to kill whoever they want in Russia with impunity so GRU has perfect cover and deniability.
Of course MoD would also enjoy this plausible deniability, but the more such a tit for tat conflict went on the louder demands from society and the Patriots would be for retaliation against SBU and Ukraine and the worse the current authorities will look. So in the end escalation is worse for the Shoigu mafia because they are the ones who want to surrender and de-escalate. So the conflict as it stands now at the media level and using AFU as a proxy is likely where MoD wants to keep it and why Prigozhin feels safe enough.
Just a theoretical exercise but what about some kind of triad solution for Rússia with Strelkov as a political leader, Dugin as a spiritual/theorical leader, and Prigozhin as the action man?
We could also add Glazyev to take care of the economy...
Dimitri Orlov asserts that the Kremlin is encouraging Prigoshin's rants. It's helping to build false confidence in NATO land, luring the hapless enemy forward. If this is so, Rolo's work too is helping Russia much more than the super positive western blogger brigade ...
At least I hope in the end our ”Western partners" will do the dirty work of eliminate the kremlinoids if the russian nationalists don't have a chance to shoot for treason all those guys/girls at the "Versailles palace", including Putin, because of russia's destruction
People are obviously entitled to think & believe what they wish - but if anyone believes, in all seriousness, that Wagner, & Prigozhin, could function for 1 day anywhere in the SMO theatre, be it Bakhmut/Artyomovsk or anywhere else, without the agreement & support of the Kremlin & Russian MoD, you are simply deluding yourself. Ask a simple question. How does Wagner function at all in Ukraine? What does the Russian MoD owe Wagner? They owe them what is contractually arranged, & it is indicative that Prigozhin makes references to "agreed" levels of ammunition - forget what was "agreed", what is the contractual arrangement? In his rantings & written communication, Prigozhin never refers to the Wagner contract with the MoD & government - what is in it? As for Strelkov, well.......he has never been taken particularly seriously in Russia, & at this point he is a non-entity, no one (in Russia) cares what he has to say or pays much attention to him. Contrary to what is claimed here, Strelkov has never been accurate in his predictions. His assessment of the general situation in any context have always proven later on to be very much off the mark. But, believe what you will.......
The US is done, too....thousands of migrants are being bussed in by the UN, given a free cell phone and debit card then bussed to various points all over the US....child trafficking is going on bigtime...it's now in your face globalism in the US....
I feel so sad for the poor Russian in Western Ukraine who relied on "Mother Russia" to protect them...what happened to them...how many are dead? How many escaped and where did they go?
Rolo you have forgotten to note that as of late Russia has been brazenly launching airstrikes and missiles all over Ukraine, because of the latter's depletion of air defenses, which is to be regarded as a factually true state of things at this point.
> "My fervent hope is [...] that there is a way out for Wagner, a way out of what seems to be a trap set for them by the MoD cooperation with the UAF. "
Bakhmut has fallen, announced officially by Prigozhin himself!
Ammo dumps in Kyiv and Patriot systems are being obliterated!
I wonder what this wannabe 6th columnist will have to write about the latest Russian gains on the Donbass?
Strangely, this wannabe 6th columnist popped up from nowhere on Social Media in early March of last year, shortly after the SMO started in Ukraine.......
At this point it's obvious that Pepe has a lot of respect for you, the only other writer he consistently posts to his channel is Alistair Crooke and Crooke is brilliant, you're in good company .
https://t.me/rocknrollgeopolitics/7072
Big Serge is becoming critical of the Kremlin. He recently said things like "they aren't even willing to terminate the grain deal at this point." If Putin is losing someone like Big Serge, it tells me he is losing his mystique.
Wouldn't Russian propaganda be better served by saying they are backing down in the interests of preventing a wider war instead of saying things like "We are so stupid and ignorant we never knew any of this would happen, unlike people sitting at home on web forum who all knew about this." Reminds me of Fed Chairman Greenspan that said repeatedly that no one predicted the housing crash in 2008, despite people everywhere saying it will happen. I guess if Greenspan got away with it, the Kremlin will also.
SINCE PUTIN CLAIMS TO BE SO STUPID, HE SHOULD ANNOUNCE THIS IS HIS LAST TERM.
"Wagner is being singled out for deliberate destruction as a potential enemy of the MoD as part of a political intrigue against Wagner. The plan is to get Ukraine to do the dirty work and even help them along so that Wagner is outflanked and killed. Standard Kremlin modus operandi, actually. Probably how they got rid of the original Donbass patriots."
Historically, this is the standard modus operandi of all cunning snake-like rulers. They gather a powerful group of "true believers" to conquer an opponent and once that's accomplished they use another group even the supposed enemy to demolish the loyalists as "uncompromising true believers" usually become a threat to the snake leadership. To put it simply, it's called a purge. 🥺
In related news, Moscow government approved the building of an "Expat Village" for conservative Americans and Canada to move to Russia. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/05/11/russia-to-build-migrant-village-for-conservative-american-expats-a81101
How the hell are you putting out this much content? What are you on? Ritalin? Coffee enemas? Don't you sleep? And it's great content at that, impressive
"War,war never changes"
Where did I see the same script before, ahh yeah Croats vs Serbs, vs Bosnians...when enough bombs will drop and enough people will die or be removed from their ancestral homes..then suddenly we will have some great summit and talk about peace. I write mostly about reality but on this matter, I have this to say Brother is killing Brother again and the devil is dancing a jig and all end with thunderous applause provided by unsuspecting masses.
Ovo je na Hrvatskom:"Do dvanest sati se ratuje a poslije se trguje"...pametnom dosta.
In regards to why Wagner is still trying to throw the AFU out of their last foot holds in the city its probably just because those high rises in the South Western part of the town are ideal for defense. If Wagner is going to need to transition over to defense they will want those. The losses incurred taking them will be compensated by the advantages of holding them on the defense. Its sort of a maxim that higher ground is good ground and having AFU sitting in those highrises means they have excellent observation of everything Wagner is doing which means constant artillery and quicker reaction time which will bleed Wagner regardless of whether they are attacking or not. Thats a problem the musicians want to remove and an advantage they want when they need to go on defense.
The sheer amount of more or less deserved hate that Prigozhin is throwing is yet more indirect confirmation that Wagner=GRU imo. Prigozhin must feel like he also has a krisha and that krisha is GRU. This would be especially relevant in terms of a conflict with Gerasimov and Shoigu no? If anyone would know where lots of bodies where buried with MoD it would be GRU. So I could see the Shoigu/Gerasimov bratsva not feeling comfortable just killing Prigozhin outright because GRU might well have cards to play that Shoigu/Gerasimov would really rather they didnt. Its not just a matter of GRU leaking a bunch of scandal worthy material, I doubt Shoigu is worried about that. But a situation where GRU starts knocking off Shoigu loyalist and pinning it on the Ukrainians would be very bad for MoD. The Ukrainians have the means, and on the surface in the eyes the plebs a very good motive no?
MoD wants to surrender gracefully, the 5D idiots and peasants think MoD are brilliant, so if they start getting blown up MoD would be in a very tight spot. The stupid MoD 5D loyalist would demand Ukrainian blood and SBU heads which is exactly what Shoigu and Gerasimov want to avoid. That is if GRU responds in kind to the Shoigu mafia taking out Prigozhin the situation could well be become even worse for MoD. Since the Kremlin has already given SBU/NATO free reign to kill whoever they want in Russia with impunity so GRU has perfect cover and deniability.
Of course MoD would also enjoy this plausible deniability, but the more such a tit for tat conflict went on the louder demands from society and the Patriots would be for retaliation against SBU and Ukraine and the worse the current authorities will look. So in the end escalation is worse for the Shoigu mafia because they are the ones who want to surrender and de-escalate. So the conflict as it stands now at the media level and using AFU as a proxy is likely where MoD wants to keep it and why Prigozhin feels safe enough.
3rd Rome intrigue in all its Byzantine glory.
Just a theoretical exercise but what about some kind of triad solution for Rússia with Strelkov as a political leader, Dugin as a spiritual/theorical leader, and Prigozhin as the action man?
We could also add Glazyev to take care of the economy...
This guy is very entertaining but also has a good handle on financial and military matters. https://thedreizinreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/podcastAsymmetryv29louder-2023.0509.mp3
Dimitri Orlov asserts that the Kremlin is encouraging Prigoshin's rants. It's helping to build false confidence in NATO land, luring the hapless enemy forward. If this is so, Rolo's work too is helping Russia much more than the super positive western blogger brigade ...
At least I hope in the end our ”Western partners" will do the dirty work of eliminate the kremlinoids if the russian nationalists don't have a chance to shoot for treason all those guys/girls at the "Versailles palace", including Putin, because of russia's destruction
People are obviously entitled to think & believe what they wish - but if anyone believes, in all seriousness, that Wagner, & Prigozhin, could function for 1 day anywhere in the SMO theatre, be it Bakhmut/Artyomovsk or anywhere else, without the agreement & support of the Kremlin & Russian MoD, you are simply deluding yourself. Ask a simple question. How does Wagner function at all in Ukraine? What does the Russian MoD owe Wagner? They owe them what is contractually arranged, & it is indicative that Prigozhin makes references to "agreed" levels of ammunition - forget what was "agreed", what is the contractual arrangement? In his rantings & written communication, Prigozhin never refers to the Wagner contract with the MoD & government - what is in it? As for Strelkov, well.......he has never been taken particularly seriously in Russia, & at this point he is a non-entity, no one (in Russia) cares what he has to say or pays much attention to him. Contrary to what is claimed here, Strelkov has never been accurate in his predictions. His assessment of the general situation in any context have always proven later on to be very much off the mark. But, believe what you will.......
The US is done, too....thousands of migrants are being bussed in by the UN, given a free cell phone and debit card then bussed to various points all over the US....child trafficking is going on bigtime...it's now in your face globalism in the US....
I feel so sad for the poor Russian in Western Ukraine who relied on "Mother Russia" to protect them...what happened to them...how many are dead? How many escaped and where did they go?
Rolo you have forgotten to note that as of late Russia has been brazenly launching airstrikes and missiles all over Ukraine, because of the latter's depletion of air defenses, which is to be regarded as a factually true state of things at this point.
> "My fervent hope is [...] that there is a way out for Wagner, a way out of what seems to be a trap set for them by the MoD cooperation with the UAF. "
You are jumping the shark here
Bakhmut has fallen, announced officially by Prigozhin himself!
Ammo dumps in Kyiv and Patriot systems are being obliterated!
I wonder what this wannabe 6th columnist will have to write about the latest Russian gains on the Donbass?
Strangely, this wannabe 6th columnist popped up from nowhere on Social Media in early March of last year, shortly after the SMO started in Ukraine.......