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The Wagner Group and the Russian Military
Putin is an intelligence man. He understands how the coercive organs of the state work and he fragmented power across multiple units. In Stalin's age, there was just the NK beta and there was a red army inside the red army. Today in Russia, there are multiple forces. There is the formal Russian military. There is a Wagner group headed by Prigozan. The oil company Gazprom has created a privateArmy. Sergey Shoygu is creating a private army. Okay, these are all jostling for influence. I'm just coldly describing what is happening.