Truer and more worrisome words have never been written: "... the Moscow elite, including the Kremlin, are indistinguishable in their ideological worldview from their counterparts in the Western elite."
Jun 29, 2023·edited Jun 29, 2023Liked by Rurik Skywalker
Incredible article. You know, for me, it’s an even tie who I Hate the most on Earth between all the war profiteers; the bloody War-Producers (media, war machine manufacturers & bought leaders) and the bloody War-Bankers…all of whom every damn conflict, police-action or undeclared war would, could never be made possible. Humanity is Not the problem, or the world population & scarcity, and never has been. We the People MUST find a way to convince our own peoples in uniform (Civil Servants & Military Soldiers) to begin conscientiously-objecting to killing us, the people, and each-other, then arrest the previously mentioned for Nuremberg style trials and imprisonment, or I’m convinced most of humanity is doomed at this point in history, because they—the Eugenicists Monsters—are making their final push this decade, and they know if they don’t succeed “this time”—“they” will be completely destroyed. I never give up, I’m too incapable, so it’s always so very difficult for me to admit how close to end-of-times the monsters have psychologically-pushed humanity. But “they” sure do a good job making me “almost” wish they’d just hurry up and kill the sheeple and get it over with. May all the Gods of the universe forgive me for thinking so.
Does anyone happen to watch any YouTube videos of the Scott Ritter Polish fan girl living in Russia at the moment? Channel name "Through eyes of" and her real name is Ania or something like that. Anyways she argues that all of this was a Putin/Prigozhin theatre to prevent some serious action by the West (nuclear or false flag something along those lines I think) and that it worked of course!!!
I still don't get how or why quite a few alternative personalitys who could be considered pro-Russian can spout such fanciful and fanatical BS. It's like if Putin farted on camera saying actually it was the smell of roses. Does nobody read anymore? Does nobody understand History? It still shocks me how people have such goldfish memories and just lap it all up. Is this mass formation or just a bunch of useful idiots? It's like an extension of the QAnon rubbish to undermine the movement.
Surely, not all these people can be bought and paid for they just live in fancy lands up in the clouds. Bless Ania though she thinks Putin is spiritually awake and a master at 5D chess and amazing actor. Perhaps she is high? I will admit though part of this battle can be deduced to good vs evil and needs to be fought on the spiritual plain but conversation for another day. And to her credit she does some great tours of Russia and provides some practical information about being in Moscow/Russia and visiting at this. But how is it possible that only Rollo and a few others are seem to be on the money here? I was disappointed to catch up on Monday's episode of UK Column and even those guys were saying it was an act to bring out the traitors. There is my rant.
Keep doing what you're doing man so glad to have found this SubStack. If you haven't already you should do a post on the popular alternative commentators and their wild narratives and mental gymnastics they do to keep it all glued together. Wouldn't want it to be hit piece as fighting one another is what they really want but more a comedic piece. Just go and watch Gonzalo Lisa's videos from last year if you want to loose a few IQ points. Funny enough he was recently name plugged on Tucker! There is my rant. Thanks again.
Want a laugh? I was in chat during her LJ interview and rolled the following gift-wrapped hand grenade into the hut: “This story won’t hold up, see Rolo Slavskiy’s latest on Substack in order to test your assumptions”. It lasted about 30 seconds 😎
The latest spin in the pro-Russian alt geniuses is that Wagner will now have plausible deniability to raid Poland while the UAF are forced to reinforce the Belarus border. This would make sense if the Kremlin wanted a win but color me skeptical until something actually happens.
I heard a funny "Putin" story from one of my in laws who works at the main government university in SP. She was running late for work one day because whenever "Putin" is in town naturally all traffic both on the road and public transport is worse. When she finally makes it to the university "Putin" is speaking to some University administrators in the main corridor of the University entrance.
"Putin" and the university staff are located between some rope barriers and a layer of security guards that prevent her from reaching the stairway she needs to access to make it to her office so she trys getting the attention of one of the guards who studiously ignores her. After a few minutes of trying to get the guards attention to no avail she simply lowers part of the rope barrier herself, walks within a few feet of "Putin" while carrying her purse and goes to her work place.
Now I just feel like if that was the real Putin that their would have been a body guard that would have low key put his own body between Putin and her as she passed by at a minimum. Not made a scene at all but just put himself between the boss and her just in case. I worked in that line of business myself and that is the very basic MO. Of course when we are speaking of heads of state you think someone would have prevented her from lowering the barrier at all but allowing her to lower it and than walk directly by Putin almost close of enough to touch indicates total negligence on the security details end and the conspiratorial part of my brain thinks that negligence is associated with this Putin not being the actual Putin anyway. My in law doesn't think the "Putin" she walked by was real one and actually there isnt even a real one. Of course many will just say stuff like that happens occasionally and fair enough but when we are talking about a head of state at an organized event its actually not common at all for random people to be able to walk almost in touching distance of the boss without any of the security members caring even remotely.
Anyway Rolo you heard the rumor that the Surovikin/Prigozhin bromance goes back to Syria where they were both using Wagner to advance their own personal financial fortunes?
If true it adds some context to what's happening now imo. In Syria a group of relative upstarts starts accumulating a fortune and perhaps this was perceived as a threat to the entrenched old guard. Hence MoD (but not Surovikin specifically) starts trying to get Wagner killed in Syria. This hostility is carried over into Ukraine where MoD originally didnt even want Wagner on the ground but had to ship them over due to their own mismanagement of the Special Needs Operation and we even saw MoD go through a long denial phase where they couldn't even bare to admit they had to do it.
Prigozhin being a peace revolutionary makes sense imo because if he is the herald of upstart relative outsiders it does sort of follow that this faction knows they won't get any piece of the pie in Ukraine just like MoD cock blocked them in Syria but MoD and the Kremlin will shed their mercenary outfits blood to secure its own interest. That is everything will go to Medvedchuk and the old guard as per the original plan regardless of Wagners key role and Prigozhin hinted that this was why the SMO was launched in the 1st place. The fact that Prigozhin started engaging in a serious campaign of discrediting MoD and calling into question why the SMO started in the 1st place only in September or October of last year after many months of fairly faithful work suggest that perhaps at first Prigozhin and his backers thought they would be allowed to buy in. Now that that is out of the question they are leveraging their most powerful weapon which is just the truth about the absolute state of the Kremlin and MoD to sabotage the whole war. Not that this group behind Prigozhin is any better and they may well be worse in that continuing the war is less bad than surrendering if surrender is even accepted.
I've resisted relying on this source of info for several reasons, but the main one is that my Russian audience has become very emotionally fragile and any bad news that gets reported is immediately called a "nahryuk". There were even people joking (for now) that I was CIA because how else could I know that Wagner was serious and was going to make good on their threats when every reasonable person had to know that it was all just theater to trick kiev?
And the news coming out of that channel is jaw-droppingly bad, without exception.
Other than that, I have no idea how they get such info. They are clearly very highly-placed. They are regularly cited by the top NATO analysts who are too good to promote "Ghost of Kiev" type nonsense.
So, idk, what do you think about the channel first and formost.
What they are saying about Surovikin makes sense though. The truth is that he is just as incompetent as the other generals Prigozhin lambasts. How many missiles did he spend on hitting transformers? To what end? To be fair, maybe it was a political order from the top, in fact from the presser it seems like this is even likely.
But even Prigozhin is a shit commander. What was the point of Bakhmut looking back at it now? It was worse than pointless and a bloody waste. It also feels like a political order from on high more and more.
They are all trash. The only thing that could tie them together and cause cooperation is, of course, if they stole something together. That is the glue that holds the russian elite together. At least its not like in the West where they diddle boys together.
Its like Stavrogan said in the possessed, if you want your band of scum to be loyal to you just commit the worst crimes together.
As for the channel Im not really qualified to make a call as far as their intentions but what they say just fits with in a template that matches what we see in the real world. Unfortunately the picture indicates that everyone is scum and the only good guys in the story are to be found in the trenches and honestly crowd funding for the guys in the trenches as per the Murz/Strelkov position. But about Strelkov perhaps...Lord what a non stop parade of buzz kills.
"The only thing that could tie them together and cause cooperation is, of course, if they stole something together. That is the glue that holds the russian elite together. At least its not like in the West where they diddle boys together."
Plain True Speech. Like a breath of fresh air, especially when the truth is this hard to welcome.
Both sides are bad. It all needs to be broken down to be rebuilt. Let's see how safe the US is come post election day 2024. They talk about civil war Iin Russia but maybe the US will pop first. I'd argue it's people are more divided for sure.
Well, after reading you for some time I can see why you’re no longer allowed in Russia. I’m not sure what your game is but it seems The Moscow Times is actually a western propaganda outfit, basically run by the enemies of the Russian state. Whatever. Goodbye and good luck to you.
I've written many times before that Moscow Times is pro-Western. But they are also part of the Liberal Nomenklature in Moscow that has been around since the 90s and even before then. Very connected and very many friends in the Kremlin. Financed by state corporations within Russia, at least up to the SMO.
They are the NYT of Russia. They are also the voice of the majority of the elite in Russia, which is Liberal and pro-West. Moscow Times has often been praised by Putin personally and his close officials. They used to give them interviews, maybe they still do. In fact, I believe that the Moscow Times endorsed Yeltisn and Putin as presidents back in the day. So Putin is MT approved. What do you say to that?
If someone cites the NYT that doesn't mean that they are Liberal and support Biden. I have always made it clear who is Liberal and should be treated with suspicion. What sources of news should I use? There are no major news portals with my views in Russia.
If I cite Breitbart, doesn't mean that I am a Zionist? If I use the Washington Post, does it mean that I support Bezos overthrowing Biden?
I'm in awe of your high standards -- do you apply them equally, though? Do you continue to follow pundits and writers who cite RT, or other Russian state media? From my experience, many of these individuals will not even consult with sources that are not sponsored, directly or indirectly, by the Russian government. Some of them are even supported (directly or indirectly) by the Russian government.
Whether or not the Moscow Time's report is accurate is a totally different question. Personally, I would be hesitant to state that Surovikin's arrest is a proven fact. But it is certainly noteworthy that he hasn't made any public statements or appearances since he issued that video urging Wagner to put down their arms (maybe he has, but I am not aware of them).
But simply citing MT makes you a stooge? Well, be consistent, and see where that leads you.
Yeah we can site Peskov whose daughter lives in Paris or Milan or wherever with all the other hardline Russian Patriots and Shoigu whose potential son in law likes pro Kiev posts on SM but citing MT is going too far.
The Moscow Times as the sole source? And also the nonsense about the body doubles. Maybe he’s right about Surovikin, who knows? I can’t pretend to know what goes in in Russia since I’m not Russian, don’t speak the language and have never been there. However, as far as I can tell neither you nor Rolo are Russian or are in Russia, correct? While claiming to love Russia you both spend your time pointing out its flaws while slyly (or openly) making fun of credulous westerners like me. Whatever, it’s your schtick and it seems to be working for. Good luck to you both.
So while reading this, a new piece about Prigozhin by Sy Hersh popped in. After finishing Rolo, I read it. Let’s just say the comparison did not go well for Mr. Hersh.
Why are you carrying the CIA's talking-points regarding Surovikin, Rolo? Show us your hands: I'm becoming increasingly convinced that you've been replaced by ChatGPT, with prompts written by Victoria Nuland, Max Boot and that Vindman cunt.
A. Mercurious from The Duran (who I genuinely find a well meaning and articulate fellow, so nothing personal against him) after the 2nd day said he's more or less "done" talking about the Phrigozhin affair because Putin excellently resolved it within 24 hours and now Putin's political position in Russia is actually strengthened.
However, he MUST address it over and over again since this problem simply keeps having more and more fallout, especially now with the arrest of Shurovikin.
I actually like Mr. Mercurious a lot. When he's sympathetic to you, he can paint you as such a wonderful person with amazing attributes. Of course the problem is that he also then gets blinded by reality. At least he's not GloboHomo, and despite all his faults perhaps can be persuaded in the right direction.
Really 1930s style here - Journalist X has cited source Y (be it MT or RT or Lewis Carroll), so we have kompromat on journalist X!
Meanwhile you wizards missed one of the most beautiful things about the place then and now. If MT writes something or not it means nothing about what any authority has or hasn't sanctioned in their regard. If what was written is agreeable at the moment - fine and dandy. If not, or if it may prove to eventually become not ok - even better. Because now you can report the journalist!
The most disturbing symptom that the events of June 24 point to is that the space for politics has narrowed to such an extent that armed rebellion has become the only possible form of it. Because other forms of political communication are nullified by regulation or simulations. The field of strategic communication has degenerated, the communication of the power-elite has been replaced by Peskov’s answering machine, communication about the SVO is replaced by Konashenkov’s artificial intelligence, and on other issues no one communicates with the country at all, only feed to whom they can reach irregular quality agitprop. On June 24, Prigozhin, in a sense, decided to climb out of line on the Direct Line with the President, taking with him the Wagnerites with equipment and weapons - he thought that merit would allow. But no: "Israeli special forces do not negotiate with terrorists."
And, as you understand, replacing generals with generals is never a way to solve a problem. When the instigators of the Salt Riot demanded that the tsar hand over the boyar Morozov to them for reprisal, the tsar did not extradite him even under the threat of storming the Kremlin by the rebels (only sent him to the monastery). He did smarter: he convened the Zemsky Sobor and prepared a new Council Code. I think the hint is clear.
Jun 29, 2023·edited Jun 29, 2023Liked by Rurik Skywalker
Putin would be the Wests guy if Zog west was even remotely pragmatic and reasonable but they are messianic transexualist who demand unconditional adolescent boy rape in space in a world with no Russia whatsoever. Lots of Russias richest and most powerful people agree with that vision but there also some Sovaks and old school vor types that just want to cruise around in ugly, taky yachts, live in Tuscan villas and drink champagne at Davos with Western old school vors (which don't even exist anymore really) while banging high class call girls instead of 8 year old boys.
Putin has friends in both camps and his career has consisted in large part of managing relations between them. If one group goes down the whole current power structure in Russia goes down. Zog West however being a messianic power will not compromise at all and insist on total victory for the group in Russia that agrees with its specific vision. But if we can say one thing for sure about Putin its that he doesn't dump his old friends and he has plenty in Russias old school Vor/Sovak camp who are into high class hookers instead of little boys and want to live in Tuscan villas and Yachts without any transexualist transhumanism.
Thats basically the root of the intractable problem between Putin and the West.
Truer and more worrisome words have never been written: "... the Moscow elite, including the Kremlin, are indistinguishable in their ideological worldview from their counterparts in the Western elite."
Bingo.
Incredible article. You know, for me, it’s an even tie who I Hate the most on Earth between all the war profiteers; the bloody War-Producers (media, war machine manufacturers & bought leaders) and the bloody War-Bankers…all of whom every damn conflict, police-action or undeclared war would, could never be made possible. Humanity is Not the problem, or the world population & scarcity, and never has been. We the People MUST find a way to convince our own peoples in uniform (Civil Servants & Military Soldiers) to begin conscientiously-objecting to killing us, the people, and each-other, then arrest the previously mentioned for Nuremberg style trials and imprisonment, or I’m convinced most of humanity is doomed at this point in history, because they—the Eugenicists Monsters—are making their final push this decade, and they know if they don’t succeed “this time”—“they” will be completely destroyed. I never give up, I’m too incapable, so it’s always so very difficult for me to admit how close to end-of-times the monsters have psychologically-pushed humanity. But “they” sure do a good job making me “almost” wish they’d just hurry up and kill the sheeple and get it over with. May all the Gods of the universe forgive me for thinking so.
Does anyone happen to watch any YouTube videos of the Scott Ritter Polish fan girl living in Russia at the moment? Channel name "Through eyes of" and her real name is Ania or something like that. Anyways she argues that all of this was a Putin/Prigozhin theatre to prevent some serious action by the West (nuclear or false flag something along those lines I think) and that it worked of course!!!
I still don't get how or why quite a few alternative personalitys who could be considered pro-Russian can spout such fanciful and fanatical BS. It's like if Putin farted on camera saying actually it was the smell of roses. Does nobody read anymore? Does nobody understand History? It still shocks me how people have such goldfish memories and just lap it all up. Is this mass formation or just a bunch of useful idiots? It's like an extension of the QAnon rubbish to undermine the movement.
Surely, not all these people can be bought and paid for they just live in fancy lands up in the clouds. Bless Ania though she thinks Putin is spiritually awake and a master at 5D chess and amazing actor. Perhaps she is high? I will admit though part of this battle can be deduced to good vs evil and needs to be fought on the spiritual plain but conversation for another day. And to her credit she does some great tours of Russia and provides some practical information about being in Moscow/Russia and visiting at this. But how is it possible that only Rollo and a few others are seem to be on the money here? I was disappointed to catch up on Monday's episode of UK Column and even those guys were saying it was an act to bring out the traitors. There is my rant.
Keep doing what you're doing man so glad to have found this SubStack. If you haven't already you should do a post on the popular alternative commentators and their wild narratives and mental gymnastics they do to keep it all glued together. Wouldn't want it to be hit piece as fighting one another is what they really want but more a comedic piece. Just go and watch Gonzalo Lisa's videos from last year if you want to loose a few IQ points. Funny enough he was recently name plugged on Tucker! There is my rant. Thanks again.
Want a laugh? I was in chat during her LJ interview and rolled the following gift-wrapped hand grenade into the hut: “This story won’t hold up, see Rolo Slavskiy’s latest on Substack in order to test your assumptions”. It lasted about 30 seconds 😎
The latest spin in the pro-Russian alt geniuses is that Wagner will now have plausible deniability to raid Poland while the UAF are forced to reinforce the Belarus border. This would make sense if the Kremlin wanted a win but color me skeptical until something actually happens.
Don’t look now…
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/cia-analyst-putin-staged/2023/06/26/id/1124907/
The British call this pissing in your ear.
And tell me it's raining?
Imagine if they're paid for by the same side!? Divide and conquer, controlled opposition style. The majority of both sides talk rubbish.
I heard a funny "Putin" story from one of my in laws who works at the main government university in SP. She was running late for work one day because whenever "Putin" is in town naturally all traffic both on the road and public transport is worse. When she finally makes it to the university "Putin" is speaking to some University administrators in the main corridor of the University entrance.
"Putin" and the university staff are located between some rope barriers and a layer of security guards that prevent her from reaching the stairway she needs to access to make it to her office so she trys getting the attention of one of the guards who studiously ignores her. After a few minutes of trying to get the guards attention to no avail she simply lowers part of the rope barrier herself, walks within a few feet of "Putin" while carrying her purse and goes to her work place.
Now I just feel like if that was the real Putin that their would have been a body guard that would have low key put his own body between Putin and her as she passed by at a minimum. Not made a scene at all but just put himself between the boss and her just in case. I worked in that line of business myself and that is the very basic MO. Of course when we are speaking of heads of state you think someone would have prevented her from lowering the barrier at all but allowing her to lower it and than walk directly by Putin almost close of enough to touch indicates total negligence on the security details end and the conspiratorial part of my brain thinks that negligence is associated with this Putin not being the actual Putin anyway. My in law doesn't think the "Putin" she walked by was real one and actually there isnt even a real one. Of course many will just say stuff like that happens occasionally and fair enough but when we are talking about a head of state at an organized event its actually not common at all for random people to be able to walk almost in touching distance of the boss without any of the security members caring even remotely.
Anyway Rolo you heard the rumor that the Surovikin/Prigozhin bromance goes back to Syria where they were both using Wagner to advance their own personal financial fortunes?
https://t.me/vchkogpu/39652
If true it adds some context to what's happening now imo. In Syria a group of relative upstarts starts accumulating a fortune and perhaps this was perceived as a threat to the entrenched old guard. Hence MoD (but not Surovikin specifically) starts trying to get Wagner killed in Syria. This hostility is carried over into Ukraine where MoD originally didnt even want Wagner on the ground but had to ship them over due to their own mismanagement of the Special Needs Operation and we even saw MoD go through a long denial phase where they couldn't even bare to admit they had to do it.
Prigozhin being a peace revolutionary makes sense imo because if he is the herald of upstart relative outsiders it does sort of follow that this faction knows they won't get any piece of the pie in Ukraine just like MoD cock blocked them in Syria but MoD and the Kremlin will shed their mercenary outfits blood to secure its own interest. That is everything will go to Medvedchuk and the old guard as per the original plan regardless of Wagners key role and Prigozhin hinted that this was why the SMO was launched in the 1st place. The fact that Prigozhin started engaging in a serious campaign of discrediting MoD and calling into question why the SMO started in the 1st place only in September or October of last year after many months of fairly faithful work suggest that perhaps at first Prigozhin and his backers thought they would be allowed to buy in. Now that that is out of the question they are leveraging their most powerful weapon which is just the truth about the absolute state of the Kremlin and MoD to sabotage the whole war. Not that this group behind Prigozhin is any better and they may well be worse in that continuing the war is less bad than surrendering if surrender is even accepted.
>https://t.me/vchkogpu/39652
I've resisted relying on this source of info for several reasons, but the main one is that my Russian audience has become very emotionally fragile and any bad news that gets reported is immediately called a "nahryuk". There were even people joking (for now) that I was CIA because how else could I know that Wagner was serious and was going to make good on their threats when every reasonable person had to know that it was all just theater to trick kiev?
And the news coming out of that channel is jaw-droppingly bad, without exception.
Other than that, I have no idea how they get such info. They are clearly very highly-placed. They are regularly cited by the top NATO analysts who are too good to promote "Ghost of Kiev" type nonsense.
So, idk, what do you think about the channel first and formost.
What they are saying about Surovikin makes sense though. The truth is that he is just as incompetent as the other generals Prigozhin lambasts. How many missiles did he spend on hitting transformers? To what end? To be fair, maybe it was a political order from the top, in fact from the presser it seems like this is even likely.
But even Prigozhin is a shit commander. What was the point of Bakhmut looking back at it now? It was worse than pointless and a bloody waste. It also feels like a political order from on high more and more.
They are all trash. The only thing that could tie them together and cause cooperation is, of course, if they stole something together. That is the glue that holds the russian elite together. At least its not like in the West where they diddle boys together.
Its like Stavrogan said in the possessed, if you want your band of scum to be loyal to you just commit the worst crimes together.
As for the channel Im not really qualified to make a call as far as their intentions but what they say just fits with in a template that matches what we see in the real world. Unfortunately the picture indicates that everyone is scum and the only good guys in the story are to be found in the trenches and honestly crowd funding for the guys in the trenches as per the Murz/Strelkov position. But about Strelkov perhaps...Lord what a non stop parade of buzz kills.
Did they say something about streklov?
No was just referring to the lightening rod suspicions.
Wake up and smell the coffee - it is about the Benjamins baby and the corruption of the human soul.
Not difficult.
"The only thing that could tie them together and cause cooperation is, of course, if they stole something together. That is the glue that holds the russian elite together. At least its not like in the West where they diddle boys together."
Plain True Speech. Like a breath of fresh air, especially when the truth is this hard to welcome.
According to Biden, Putin is clearly losing the war...in IRAQ....
Good to know that Biden is getting cutting edge military intelligence updates.
Both sides are bad. It all needs to be broken down to be rebuilt. Let's see how safe the US is come post election day 2024. They talk about civil war Iin Russia but maybe the US will pop first. I'd argue it's people are more divided for sure.
Well, after reading you for some time I can see why you’re no longer allowed in Russia. I’m not sure what your game is but it seems The Moscow Times is actually a western propaganda outfit, basically run by the enemies of the Russian state. Whatever. Goodbye and good luck to you.
I've written many times before that Moscow Times is pro-Western. But they are also part of the Liberal Nomenklature in Moscow that has been around since the 90s and even before then. Very connected and very many friends in the Kremlin. Financed by state corporations within Russia, at least up to the SMO.
They are the NYT of Russia. They are also the voice of the majority of the elite in Russia, which is Liberal and pro-West. Moscow Times has often been praised by Putin personally and his close officials. They used to give them interviews, maybe they still do. In fact, I believe that the Moscow Times endorsed Yeltisn and Putin as presidents back in the day. So Putin is MT approved. What do you say to that?
If someone cites the NYT that doesn't mean that they are Liberal and support Biden. I have always made it clear who is Liberal and should be treated with suspicion. What sources of news should I use? There are no major news portals with my views in Russia.
If I cite Breitbart, doesn't mean that I am a Zionist? If I use the Washington Post, does it mean that I support Bezos overthrowing Biden?
This should be obvious.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
I'm in awe of your high standards -- do you apply them equally, though? Do you continue to follow pundits and writers who cite RT, or other Russian state media? From my experience, many of these individuals will not even consult with sources that are not sponsored, directly or indirectly, by the Russian government. Some of them are even supported (directly or indirectly) by the Russian government.
Whether or not the Moscow Time's report is accurate is a totally different question. Personally, I would be hesitant to state that Surovikin's arrest is a proven fact. But it is certainly noteworthy that he hasn't made any public statements or appearances since he issued that video urging Wagner to put down their arms (maybe he has, but I am not aware of them).
But simply citing MT makes you a stooge? Well, be consistent, and see where that leads you.
Yeah we can site Peskov whose daughter lives in Paris or Milan or wherever with all the other hardline Russian Patriots and Shoigu whose potential son in law likes pro Kiev posts on SM but citing MT is going too far.
The Moscow Times as the sole source? And also the nonsense about the body doubles. Maybe he’s right about Surovikin, who knows? I can’t pretend to know what goes in in Russia since I’m not Russian, don’t speak the language and have never been there. However, as far as I can tell neither you nor Rolo are Russian or are in Russia, correct? While claiming to love Russia you both spend your time pointing out its flaws while slyly (or openly) making fun of credulous westerners like me. Whatever, it’s your schtick and it seems to be working for. Good luck to you both.
>The Moscow Times as the sole source?
I provided two different sources, dummy.
You've already said your goodbyes. The door is that way ===>
So while reading this, a new piece about Prigozhin by Sy Hersh popped in. After finishing Rolo, I read it. Let’s just say the comparison did not go well for Mr. Hersh.
Mind linking it, I am lazy. Let's see what Hersh's spook sources at Langley leaked to him.
https://open.substack.com/pub/seymourhersh/p/prigozhins-folly?r=7g2oi&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
It is indeed difficult, but one always has to remember it is about status most easily referenced as money and "spiritual aspirations".
Rolodamus, you could just be on a roll!!
I am of the opinion that the riots in France and Prigozin’s “mutiny” in Russia are attempts to accomplish the same goals…increased social control.
LOL... I'll just leave this here -> https://t.me/Baronova/26493
Why are you carrying the CIA's talking-points regarding Surovikin, Rolo? Show us your hands: I'm becoming increasingly convinced that you've been replaced by ChatGPT, with prompts written by Victoria Nuland, Max Boot and that Vindman cunt.
A. Mercurious from The Duran (who I genuinely find a well meaning and articulate fellow, so nothing personal against him) after the 2nd day said he's more or less "done" talking about the Phrigozhin affair because Putin excellently resolved it within 24 hours and now Putin's political position in Russia is actually strengthened.
However, he MUST address it over and over again since this problem simply keeps having more and more fallout, especially now with the arrest of Shurovikin.
I actually like Mr. Mercurious a lot. When he's sympathetic to you, he can paint you as such a wonderful person with amazing attributes. Of course the problem is that he also then gets blinded by reality. At least he's not GloboHomo, and despite all his faults perhaps can be persuaded in the right direction.
Really 1930s style here - Journalist X has cited source Y (be it MT or RT or Lewis Carroll), so we have kompromat on journalist X!
Meanwhile you wizards missed one of the most beautiful things about the place then and now. If MT writes something or not it means nothing about what any authority has or hasn't sanctioned in their regard. If what was written is agreeable at the moment - fine and dandy. If not, or if it may prove to eventually become not ok - even better. Because now you can report the journalist!
Is Strelkov an anti-semite?
https://t.me/s/strelkovii
The most disturbing symptom that the events of June 24 point to is that the space for politics has narrowed to such an extent that armed rebellion has become the only possible form of it. Because other forms of political communication are nullified by regulation or simulations. The field of strategic communication has degenerated, the communication of the power-elite has been replaced by Peskov’s answering machine, communication about the SVO is replaced by Konashenkov’s artificial intelligence, and on other issues no one communicates with the country at all, only feed to whom they can reach irregular quality agitprop. On June 24, Prigozhin, in a sense, decided to climb out of line on the Direct Line with the President, taking with him the Wagnerites with equipment and weapons - he thought that merit would allow. But no: "Israeli special forces do not negotiate with terrorists."
And, as you understand, replacing generals with generals is never a way to solve a problem. When the instigators of the Salt Riot demanded that the tsar hand over the boyar Morozov to them for reprisal, the tsar did not extradite him even under the threat of storming the Kremlin by the rebels (only sent him to the monastery). He did smarter: he convened the Zemsky Sobor and prepared a new Council Code. I think the hint is clear.
Why would the miscreants behind the curtain want to get rid of Putin?
Not ardently pro-kiddyfiddling perhaps?
i think i need to explain the anti-putin sentiment from the West better.
OK, I think the West loooooves Putin. He is their guy.
The Putin is Hitler meme is entirely contrived for page hits for the redneck idiots.
Putin would be the Wests guy if Zog west was even remotely pragmatic and reasonable but they are messianic transexualist who demand unconditional adolescent boy rape in space in a world with no Russia whatsoever. Lots of Russias richest and most powerful people agree with that vision but there also some Sovaks and old school vor types that just want to cruise around in ugly, taky yachts, live in Tuscan villas and drink champagne at Davos with Western old school vors (which don't even exist anymore really) while banging high class call girls instead of 8 year old boys.
Putin has friends in both camps and his career has consisted in large part of managing relations between them. If one group goes down the whole current power structure in Russia goes down. Zog West however being a messianic power will not compromise at all and insist on total victory for the group in Russia that agrees with its specific vision. But if we can say one thing for sure about Putin its that he doesn't dump his old friends and he has plenty in Russias old school Vor/Sovak camp who are into high class hookers instead of little boys and want to live in Tuscan villas and Yachts without any transexualist transhumanism.
Thats basically the root of the intractable problem between Putin and the West.
Putin has been a CIA mole since he was in Berlin.
You sound fraudulent.
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Angels on pinheads ring a bell?