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May 9, 2023Liked by Rurik Skywalker

There definitely is an element of theatrics and showmenship with Prigozhin but the thing is just by putting himself out there as someone who gives a shit Prigozhin by default becomes the guy that Russians whose necks on are the line actually reach out to:

https://t.me/apwagner/6979

𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘰𝘻𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘠𝘦𝘷𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘺 𝘝𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘩, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘠𝘦𝘷𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘺 𝘝𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘶𝘱, 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴, 𝘠𝘦𝘷𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘺 𝘝𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘩, 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱

If MoD had a reputation for being reliable videos like this wouldnt be a thing. Remember in Mariupol MoD did collect some capital when it came to protecting civilians. Well after many successful regroupings, de-escalations and painful decisions followed by SBU filtration all that capital has been spent. They are so bankrupt that they are telling people in the border regions to go ahead and fight the Ukrainians themselves. Wagner of course has been offering training courses in basic small unit tactics and medicine to these residents but again if MoD were considered capable of protecting the border towns Wagner wouldn't have a market for it. Like Prigozhin said months ago, if MoD had been doing their job the last 20 years than Wagner wouldn't exist.

Lots of people like to quote mine Sun Tzu allwarisdeception.text which I find especially annoying. Sun Tzu was talking about deceiving your enemies in regards to your intentions and capabilities, not deceiving your own soldiers and patriots into thinking you are an incompetent asshole. If absolutely nobody, neither the enemy nor your own troops and patriots believe you about anything anymore than you can only successfully deceive yourself.

So the theatrics of Prigozhins presentations aside this isnt 5D judo psyops and Putin is absolutely not Alpharius from 40k running plots with in plots with in plots. This is a real shitshow of Shakespearean proportions. I can imagine that writer doing an awesome tragic novel in the vein Coriolanus or Titus about Prigozhin and MoD.

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May 9, 2023Liked by Rurik Skywalker

Alternative media will say the fish is still "tasty," so trust the plan.🤮

Independent media like mainstream media news can transform a narrative so that a Texas mass shooter who is a Mexican gang member can be miraculously transformed into a white racist fascist nationalist.

It's not news, it's prestidigitation. And for my next trick I'll need a volunteer from the audience....😁

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May 9, 2023Liked by Rurik Skywalker

The Ukranian army has now been destroyed for a third time, Prigozhins tactic has worked perfectly. They swarmed into bakhmut and met a grisly fate. Zelensky is begging Israel to deploy 1 million IDF fighters to secure their new homeland, either that or he will have to throw in the towel and submit to the multipolar order.

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May 9, 2023Liked by Rurik Skywalker

You definitely have Pepe's attention. He just posted this article on his telegram channel. I hope you can get him to speak to you on your podcast but he might be gunshy since his last podcast was an appearance on the New Jersey Turnpike Devushka podcast a few days before she was outed

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A newbie question.

All of the above (and in previous articles too) seems to suggest that the generals are sabotaging the war effort. Sounds plausible. (It remains unclear to me, though, whether or not Putin is one of the traitors, according to Rolo.)

But then, why did they call 300,000 reservists back in fall? If the goal is to sabotage the war front and cause defeat of the RF, it would have been easier not to make any draft. Or is the goal just to steal money? And if so, by what mechanism (favoured by calling those reservists) is this money stolen?

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The fish rots from the head indeed. What a theater of the absurd this has become and total loss of credibility for Putin and his court of losers. Beggars belief. Thats what happens when a sentimental non entity with zero backbone is swept into office. The oligarchs knew who they picked. Who would have thought Gorbachev and Yeltsin could be surpassed in utter uselessness? Poor Russia...

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If this is true it doesn't explain Putin. Is he literally out to destroy Russia? This does not seem likely but of course who knows. I think the only way we find out is when & how this conflict ends.

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Quote: "All theater though. Pay it no mind. The “Black Clown” is simply crazy."

No sarcasm please! As I mentioned before, it just ruins everything including your reputation as a pro. Just imagine somebody unfamiliar with the context reading your blog for the first time. How would that person understand the above quote? As true or not? People familiar with all this know what you mean, but you sound both desperate and confusing to all new people here. Just be a pro. I again refer you to Whitney Webb's work - she never uses any of your antics - especially not sarcasm. She just researches/investigates and reports facts/findings. You can point out professionally what Putin bots/cultists say, but that should be just and FYI for the patriots.

Also, just imagine some editor reading your blog - would that person feel comfortable employing you and hope every day that you are not going to get into your self-pity mode if enough bullies attack you in forums?

Why are you so upset when 5D-ers make fun of you? Aren't they just Putin's jesters and clowns? They are the ones comical/self-delusional or simply paid liars/provocateurs! And why are you spending so much time in forums trying to change them? It's not happening! Many of them are either blackmailed or make money Lying From Home - you know, a sub-type of WFH. There's a 3rd group that "supports" Putin for the following reason: They invested themselves into him over the years and now their egos cannot stand to admit being made fools by the "emperor". It's too big of a narcissistic injury [1]. Similar to sovoks - they are actually defending their egos by "defending" Stalin, or Putin in 5D-ers case.

Quote: " One day I will transcend this world of lies. I am almost there."

IMO, the best way to get to them, if that's what you want, is to expose/reveal/debunk their fallen idol, but that seems as the last thing you would do. Hence, you are simply doing what they like - indirectly claiming that everyone around the "emperor" is guilty "except" him who simply did "not" know and could "not" do anything about it. I'm quite certain that 5d-ers enjoyed reading what you wrote to me - that you will start exposing Putin once he's essentially retired and irrelevant. By that time, they will be supporting their new strategic "5D-genius". Think about that.

[1] Narcissistic injury - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_injury

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The Venn diagram of TPT(shouldn't)B and Traitors has become a pair of concentric circles. In Russia and global West alike 😶

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Just subscribed, because... truth is better than unfounded optimism.

Might send you an email at some point, but take my money. You've more than earned it. Thank you.

Oh, one question. Russian Air Force. Some alt commentators (the usual suspects) are making much of the fact that the air force has been more active lately and that this points to a degradation in Ukie air defences. True or not? Significant or not? I'd be interested in hearing your take.

All the best and God bless.

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Fun fact - Strelkov is calling Prigozhin an amoral, criminal Jewish murderer akin to the early Bolsheviks and Yeltsin.

https://bastyon.com/index?video=1&v=cc14ebca4ba450d20f12d5e05ce4490dfa006078755fa54ab40e35e357e1314d

And regarding the victory parade - I personally am at a loss as to why a non-Jew would celebrate the anniversary of Hitler's defeat. Case in point - the Nazis wanted to shoot my great-grandma because her hair was a tad curly, but my great-great-granddad intruded and explained that we're 100% Bavarian phenotype, and only Jews were shot that day.

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So Prigozhin calls out Shoigu and MoD as traitors, then says things are okay. Later he says he was tricked. So Prigozhin was tricked by someone he knew was a traitor?

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May 9, 2023·edited May 9, 2023

Strelkov has been right about a lot but his dooming forecasts stopped coming to pass right around when Kreminnaya actually held, no?

Prigozhin has been growing as a doomer since he became relevant (visible) From "We'll need two years to reach the Dniepr and half a year to finish Donbass" to "Abandon all hope," in a few months.

I agree with his take on the Kremlin and RuMOD, all useless, but It think even the Kremlin have the sense not to allow an Operation Storm tier defeat here, they have deployed just enough to hold.

There's sense to the theory that Ukraine is probing for the best place to allocate the bulk of their resources for an offensive, and right now Russia is trying to bate them into choosing Bakhmut with these weakened flanks.

Don't get me wrong, I think losing Izyum, Kupiansk, Lyman, etc. was horrible and those responsible "would have been shot" in China. The fact that MOD isn't making a serious effort to retake those cities (Bakhmut is useless without them) is astounding. But even mouth breathers like those in charge can't allow that to happen AGAIN.

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One has to wonder what is the Kremlin's plan to escape retribution when the debacle unfolds.

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"The front is disintegrating" !? - That is a - the! - shocker - in Bahkmut? - As of when? - The DC neocons are still reporting as of May 8, Wagner PMC still advancing block-by-block.

https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/Bakhmut%20Battle%20Map%20Draft%20May%208%2C2023.png

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Russia is right before the new "Times of troubles" for the Russian People...

The hope is for someone witha personality like Prigozhin or Strelkov to take the helm in Russia, before it's really TOO LATE, and time is not on Russian People's side...

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