Federica Pascale March 26, 2022
In recent days, the resignations of Vladimir Putin’s closest associates have increased so much that one can imagine a revolt in the Russian president’s magic circle. Nicola Pedde, Director of the Institute of Global Studies, is a guest with Andrea Pancani on Coffee Break, the indepth political program that airs in the mornings on La7, and explains an important background in the episode on Saturday 26 March: “There is a reflection on Russia, over the last twenty years Putin has profoundly transformed the country, changing the administrative and political physiognomy he explains Today it is a country essentially built by a power dome controlled by Putin and a small entourage and where there is an area where a deep state still exists, but which is essentially limited to the military apparatus.
After weeks of conflict in Ukraine, where the Russians first invaded the Donbass and then proceeded to bombard several cities, the human and economic losses for the two countries are significant. Pedde, an expert on geopolitics, explains that this “military defeat” also has significant repercussions in the Russian ranks: “Beyond what can be achieved, there will be defeat among the Russian armed forces and this will certainly provoke a reaction within the military system.” The possibility of this system rebelling against the Tsar depends, according to Pedde, on the Tsar himself: “The true turning point in determining how far it is possible to witness an internal maneuver to see how this deep state is the Assuming power is in the hands of Putin,” he says. In fact, “I think it’s likely that within that structure, at least trying to mitigate the possibility that the president might pull if it crossed some red lines, like the “Using tactical nuclear weapons instead of chemical or bacteriological weapons puts the country in a crisis of much more serious proportions. It’s an option, a certainly possible factor in terms of analysis,” he concludes.