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In Moscow's Shadows 108: Where Have All The Generals Gone?

In Moscow's Shadows

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The War in Ukraine: A Benefit for the Kremlin

When Khrushchev was eventually ousted that the military were actually quite significant not least in their planes flying in representatives to the central committee to to oust Putin. I think we are clearly seeing the emergence of increasing anger or dissatisfaction within the military given that Putin cannot give them the one thing that will probably at least even in the short term be a kind of crowd pleasing swap for Shoyugu and Gerasimov. The situation is perversely that the war is in this respect a benefit for the Kremlin if you are stuck in the middle of the war you are rather busy you'reRather busy, says Alexander Nekrassov.

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