Ukraine

New video by Andres Puck Nielsen.. He discusses how Prigozin deaths and Girkins imprisonment have impacted russia and what this means for regimes ideology or lack thereof.

From /r/credibledefense

Summary:

Date of plane crush was not about symbolism rather due to the opportunity to take out so many people at once.

-Usually the Kremlin tries to flood the info space with a lot of narratives to preserve plausible deniability.

-This time their response was different . Even though they denied their responsibility overall it was a very half-hearted attempt.

-As soon as the crash happened there was a limited attempt to spread different stories but they quickly halted it.

-Even people on gov. sponsored talk shows seem to imply that putin is responsible.

-Therefore it seems that putin is more openly taking responsibility this time.

-It might be a new message to the russian elite about the new rules of the game.

-Assassinations are a fair play now even if you are in the elite. These types of repressions are approaching Stalinist levels.

-Regarding Girkins imprisonment. Unlike Prigozin he was not a traitor but a representative of an ultraright opposition to putin.

-Nationalists are more problematic because unlike Navalny and co they basically use putins own talking points.

-By starting to go after nationalists, the current russian system basically loses any ideological backing. All you can do is support putin but you can't take his talking points to heart.

-The longer the war drags out the worse this will be for russia. As only fighting for your president rather than your country/ideology is not sustainable.

-Overall it seems that putins new direction is to replace ideology with fear.