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The conflict between Wagner and the Defense Ministry heats up PRO Members Public
Over the last year, mercenary group Wagner and Russia’s Defense Ministry have regularly clashed. Last week, this spat reached new heights when Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin released several clips in which he aggressively accused the Russian defense minister and his chief of staff of failing to provide shells for
One more pro-war Russian propagandist is targeted in a car bomb attack PRO Members Public
This weekend saw another attempted assassination of a prominent supporter of Russia’s war. Writer and politician Zakhar Prilepin survived a car bomb but was seriously injured. His driver was killed at the scene. This is the third assassination attempt in the past nine months. Earlier, the daughter of pro-Kremlin
Another scandal hits Russia’s opposition PRO Members Public
Despite the ongoing war in Ukraine influential figures in Russia's opposition continue to squabble among themselves. The latest public spat was between jailed politician Alexei Navalny and former oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The fight broke out after Khodorkovsky hired a man blamed for persecuting one of Navalny’s
Did the son of Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov fight in Ukraine? PRO Members Public
Les enfants de l'élite russe rejoindraient les rangs de citoyens ordinaires pour combattre en Ukraine. L'exemple le plus notable est celui de Nikolai Choles, le fils du porte-parole du Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov. La semaine dernière, Choles a donné une interview au tabloïd Komsomolskaya Pravda, dans laquelle il a déclaré qu'il combattait...
TV ads and social networks urge Russian men to enlist PRO Members Public
The Russian authorities have launched a new recruitment campaign for contract soldiers in recent weeks. According to media sources, the Defense Ministry wants to call up 400,000 fighting men. It’s an ambitious plan. Before the war, Russia’s entire army totaled 400,000 troops. The new recruitment drive
Security officer who fled Russia tells of Putin’s growing isolation PRO Members Public
Dossier, an investigative center linked to former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, last week published an interview with a captain in the Federal Guards Service (FSO) who fled abroad in protest at the war. Gleb Karakulov served for 13 years in the FSO, which is responsible for the president’s
High-ranking Russian officials face travel ban PRO Members Public
Depuis le début de la guerre, les fonctionnaires russes et les employés des entreprises publiques ont du mal à voyager. La raison n'en est pas seulement les sanctions occidentales, même si elles en ont affecté plus d'un. En effet, les fonctionnaires et les employés des entreprises publiques russes ont été soumis à de nouvelles restrictions strictes en matière de déplacements. * Les changements récents signifient que
Evan Gershovich’s arrest is a warning to the West PRO Members Public
WSJ journalist Evan Gershkovich was detained on suspicion of espionage last week — the first such case involving a foreign reporter since the Cold War. This was likely not only intended to top up Russia’s “exchange fund” for future prisoner swaps with the U.S., but to send a warning
The killing of Vladlen Tatarsky could spark a crackdown PRO Members Public
Vladlen Tatarsky, one of Russia’s best-known pro-war bloggers, was killed by an IED on Sunday evening while he delivered a speech in a bar in St. Petersburg. According to official reports, 30 people were injured in the blast. This assassination will have far greater repercussions than the murder of
Former president Medvedev, once a critic of Stalin, now uses his speeches to motivate factory directors PRO Members Public
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, who devoted his presidency to promoting civil and economic freedoms, has reinvented himself as one of Russia’s main war hawks. This week, he invoked Stalin’s spirit to motivate directors of factories producing equipment for the military to work harder. Interestingly, just 13 years
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