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The American Institute for the Study of War notes that there is “space for criticism” of Vladimir Putin in Russia. Evgeny Prigozhin has recently not only criticized the Russian Ministry of Defense, but allows himself direct attacks on the Putin administration.
The critics of the authorities in Russia would not be so influential if they were not backed by the Russian special services. About this24 Channelsaid the head of the analytical and advocacy organization “Center for Joint Actions” Oleg Rybachuk. After all, now in the aggressor country, the FSB is fighting against the military.
Special services are trying to shift responsibility
In his opinion, it is The FSB supports Prigozhin and Kadyrov in the confrontation with Sergei Shoiga and the Ministry of Defense.
This has always happened in Russia. And in general, security forces in the world are never friends with each other,” he stressed.
Rybachuk noted that the special services, realizing that things could come to defeat in the war, are trying to shift the responsibility.
“At a certain stage of the war, the Ministry of Defense and the military convinced Putin that the defeat of the blitzkrieg in the war was due to the fact that the FSB officers failed the preparation. They must create in Ukraine such an atmosphere where they would be met with flowers and bread, and met with Javelins and other weapons,” he stressed.
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The system will choose someone like Putin
According to him, Russia is an official country, in which about 70% of officials in different areas of power come from special services.
Therefore, this is a huge resource-related powerhouse. Probably, we are witnessing the struggle of spiders in the bank. And it is in our interests,” he said.
Rybachuk stressed that the world needs to understand that after Putin, Russia should not be expected to be led by some liberal or democrat.
“The system, which is controlled through and through by the FSB, will elect someone similar,” he says.
Therefore, according to the interlocutor, the words of Vladimir Zelensky about Putin that he “does not know with whom he is talking” is a very accurate metaphor. After all, Putin is losing real influence and the “space for criticism” around him is expanding. He cannot fail to understand these threats.
According to him, while the Russians are going like sheep to kill, “there is no need to”, until the Russian society rises, it is very difficult to talk about changing the system.
“There are no signs of this, despite the fact that their new mobilization will end with the fact that we will grind them here, as we have already ground more than 100 thousand,” Oleg Rybachuk noted.
