The Kremlin is burning?

[JWB]

Politics in Russia:

 

[JWB]

The Kremlin didn't pay them? I'm shocked I tell you. Shocked!

 

[X-Files]

It's 1937 all over again!

 

In related news, Francisco Franco is still dead

 

 

In Moscow, a crackdown is underway against generals accused of corruption, impacting not only the Ministry of Defense but also other security agencies.

According to the British Ministry of Defense on X (Twitter).

Crackdown on Corruption in Moscow: Generals Facing Repression - Oj (odessa-journal.com)

[Stuart Galbraith]

It will be Jewish Doctors next. Watch this space...

[JWB]

Stalinist warfare

 

[mandeb48]

On 8/12/2024 at 5:08 PM, Roman Alymov said:

 

   If true and if his mission will be considered successful, then probably we know the name of "next Putin"

Two months from now, is it considered successful? The worst has already happened for Russia in this area but the reaction has not been stellar either.

[Roman Alymov]

25 minutes ago, mandeb48 said:

Two months from now, is it considered successful? The worst has already happened for Russia in this area but the reaction has not been stellar either.

Well, it is at least as successfull as defeat of "great spring offencive" last year (both in terms of pro-Ukr losses in  menpower and armor, and sucking in the valuable reserves like NATO-like 47th mech brigade).  Taking into account it was achieved by modest means, without next wave of mobilization etc. - yes it is success (or, rather, another mistake of NATO planners and pro-Ukrainians who for some reasons decided that Kursk attack would give them political results). So it is not exactly Dumin's achievement - rather failure of unknown NATO generals who are in command of Ukrainian proxy force.

    Still, it is quite common belief among pro-Russians that having the pro-Ukrainias commited from Day 1 all the forces they have sent to Kursk region later  -they would have taken not only Kursk NPP but also Kursk city. Another question is what would have been the result of that.....

[JWB]

Russian soldier from the "V" company of the 30th regiment recorded a video before the next assault. In the video, the commander threatens the soldiers with execution.

https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1849029397182845339

[mandeb48]

3 hours ago, Roman Alymov said:

Well, it is at least as successfull as defeat of "great spring offencive" last year (both in terms of pro-Ukr losses in  menpower and armor, and sucking in the valuable reserves like NATO-like 47th mech brigade).  Taking into account it was achieved by modest means, without next wave of mobilization etc. - yes it is success (or, rather, another mistake of NATO planners and pro-Ukrainians who for some reasons decided that Kursk attack would give them political results). So it is not exactly Dumin's achievement - rather failure of unknown NATO generals who are in command of Ukrainian proxy force.

    Still, it is quite common belief among pro-Russians that having the pro-Ukrainias commited from Day 1 all the forces they have sent to Kursk region later  -they would have taken not only Kursk NPP but also Kursk city. Another question is what would have been the result of that.....

Ok, but I was interested in whether Dumin's "shares" were up or down after two months in the political environment.

Edited October 23, 2024 by mandeb48

[Roman Alymov]

25 minutes ago, mandeb48 said:

Ok, but I was interested in whether Dumin's "shares" were up or down after two months in the political environment.

I'm affraid i do not have "Bloomberg terminal for Kremlin stocks exchange" so all i could tell is that from one side Dyumin is now not present in public media space (no interviews, statements etc.) but at the same time he is not criticized and his political corpse is not thrown from under political carpet. It means he is working and have not suffered some catastrophic failure....

[Josh]

1 hour ago, Roman Alymov said:

I'm affraid i do not have "Bloomberg terminal for Kremlin stocks exchange" so all i could tell is that from one side Dyumin is now not present in public media space (no interviews, statements etc.) but at the same time he is not criticized and his political corpse is not thrown from under political carpet. It means he is working and have not suffered some catastrophic failure....

…and apparently avoided open windows…

[Roman Alymov]

14 hours ago, Josh said:

…and apparently avoided open windows…

Cases of "falling out of window" are mostly common results of corrupt business/bureaucracy people to get rid of parthners who could potentially disclose their dirty deals. But not always they manage to "clear the ends" in time: for example, today former deputy Minister of Energy industry (responcible for coal industry) was arrested in Moscow on allegation of big bribe.

 

[Stefan Kotsch]

4 minutes ago, Roman Alymov said:

former deputy Minister of Energy industry (responcible for coal industry) was arrested in Moscow on allegation of big bribe.

It is striking that the number of arrests only increased so much after the aggression against the Ukarine began.

Were the gentlemen law-abiding until the beginning of 2022? Why did they only leave the path of law-abiding in February 2022? Or did the Russian justice system keep its eyes closed until February 2022? And she only woke up when the war started?

Isn't that unbelievable? I think we see parallels to 1937 here. Anyone who becomes unpleasant to the Kremlin is given tea, fall out of the window or receives a visit from the tax office.

[ink]

19 minutes ago, Stefan Kotsch said:

It is striking that the number of arrests only increased so much after the aggression against the Ukarine began.

Were the gentlemen law-abiding until the beginning of 2022? Why did they only leave the path of law-abiding in February 2022? Or did the Russian justice system keep its eyes closed until February 2022? And she only woke up when the war started?

Isn't that unbelievable? I think we see parallels to 1937 here. Anyone who becomes unpleasant to the Kremlin is given tea, fall out of the window or receives a visit from the tax office.

Though worth bearing in mind that lots of people were given tea and fell out of windows prior to 2022.

Though, I still think it's a good question: what changed when the war began?

[Roman Alymov]

31 minutes ago, Stefan Kotsch said:

It is striking that the number of arrests only increased so much after the aggression against the Ukarine began.

Were the gentlemen law-abiding until the beginning of 2022? Why did they only leave the path of law-abiding in February 2022? Or did the Russian justice system keep its eyes closed until February 2022? And she only woke up when the war started?

I think i have explained it many times here. Russian legal (and Gov in general) system was constructed around the process of looting funds and Russia and transporting them to West, then fleing to the West. This system was, luckily, ruined by Western sanctions. 

  See my comment from 2014 on that

 

[Stefan Kotsch]

3 hours ago, Roman Alymov said:

This system was, luckily, ruined by Western sanctions. 

Why?  This is incomprehensible

[ink]

1 hour ago, Stefan Kotsch said:

Why?  This is incomprehensible

I'm with you Stefan. I think Roman is saying that Western sanctions made it harder for oligarchs to get themselves, their families, and their money out of Russia. But I suspect he's very wrong about that and that things basically work the same as they did before.

[JWB]

6 hours ago, Roman Alymov said:

............ then fleing to the West.

People will flee from places they hate.

[JWB]

The Russian authorities are reported to have opened an investigation into possible fraud on a massive scale in the building of border defences in the Kursk region. It's suspected that much of the 12 billion rubles ($125m) allocated was stolen by officials and contractors.

https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1847660595379605915

 

[Josh]

1 hour ago, ink said:

I'm with you Stefan. I think Roman is saying that Western sanctions made it harder for oligarchs to get themselves, their families, and their money out of Russia. But I suspect he's very wrong about that and that things basically work the same as they did before.

I think a few yatchs were impounded but certainly the individuals in question can still travel and move cash around. Turkey, Cyprus, and the UAE are fall back positions if for some reason London is unobtainable.

[Roman Alymov]

46 minutes ago, JWB said:

People will flee from places they hate.

People will hate places they have looted and where majority of population would be pleased to see them hanged on lampposts.

[ink]

16 minutes ago, Josh said:

I think a few yatchs were impounded but certainly the individuals in question can still travel and move cash around. Turkey, Cyprus, and the UAE are fall back positions if for some reason London is unobtainable.

I think the EU has somewha clamped down on Cypriot banking, but your point is a good one. Besides, all those Caribbean islands are probably just a click or two away (if you know the right people).

[Roman Alymov]

25 minutes ago, Josh said:

I think a few yatchs were impounded but certainly the individuals in question can still travel and move cash around. Turkey, Cyprus, and the UAE are fall back positions if for some reason London is unobtainable.

Turkey, Cyprus, and the UAE do not have the degree of infrastructure created in Europoe to service stolen funds from around the globe, and provide comfort for their "owners" (at least for some time, untill they are out of money like Berezovsky).

[JWB]

4 minutes ago, Roman Alymov said:

People will hate places they have looted and where majority of population would be pleased to see them hanged on lampposts.

You have that backwards.

That money isn't even Russian. It is foreign money earned by selling ores and energy to other countries.

[Roman Alymov]

10 minutes ago, JWB said:

You have that backwards.

That money isn't even Russian. It is foreign money earned by selling ores and energy to other countries.

Tell this to miners and other workers who are mining all this assets from world's most hellish places (not to mention all generations of Russians who, on foot, raw boats and horses, have created the country from Baltics to Pacific this hellish places are part of). And now this assets are transported abroad for free (in exchange for printed "liquidity" that is mostly staying in Western bank accounts, only part of it transformed into luxury goods for elites). It is not like trade with China, that is at least providing useful things in exchange - for example, earthmoving equipment.