What is really going on in the corridors of the Kremlin? The ongoing conflict in Ukraine risks being just the tip of the iceberg, the only visible part of something that could profoundly affect the entire home front Russia. Let’s try to see behind this big smokescreen and try to piece the puzzle together with the (few) pieces we have available.
secrets and mysteries
Let’s start with the strangest events that have happened in the past few days. On the day that Wladimir Putin appeared at the Luzniki Stadium to address his people on the occasion of the annexation of Crimea, a real thriller was staged. the speech of the President, broadcast live on TV, was suddenly cut off from the Russian direction. Putin’s words were only broadcast again in full after a good quarter of an hour.
From the Kremlin they informed that the interruption to “Technical problems on the server.” But another hypothesis was also circulating in the air: that of an alleged one sabotage. Hypothesis born, as Il Corriere della Sera pointed out, also by the dissident Aleksej Navalny, who is currently in prison. As if that wasn’t enough, the intervention of Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova was silenced for at least thirty seconds. Another error or a problem of a completely different nature?
But that’s not all, because there is room for more puzzles. For example, many people have wondered how the journalist did it Marina Ovsyannikova with all the necessary controls to break live into the main Russian evening news to protest against the war. And again: because in the famous show (recorded) by moderator Vladimir Solovyov Have some guests so openly acknowledged the impact of the sanctions on the Russian economy and the failure of the army? Recall that the drawing up of the program first had to get the approval of the Kremlin.
war and disappearance
Meanwhile, Putin keeps repeating that the mission on Ukrainian soil is progressing as best it can. However, it seems that the socalled “special operation” should at most be permanent a month. And even today, the conflict shows no sign of abating. In addition, two fairly important figures in the Kremlin’s circle of power have disappeared from the radar. This is the Secretary of Defense Sergei Shoiguand the chief of staff Valery Gerasimov. Both have not appeared in public for a long time. what happened to you
On the war front, it is also worth analyzing the recent opinions published on the Russia Today website. It seems that Moscow’s new target may have changed since the conflict began. In particular, the Kremlin could welcome some kind of partial but immediate victory to be realized in southern Ukraine. So that you can apply pressure Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the diplomatic negotiation phase. What is certain is that the Russians are determined not to get bogged down in a long war of occupation.