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It's Going To Blow Up Soon

It's Going To Blow Up Soon
IGOR EIDMAN

There is a conflict brewing in Russia between the FSB and Kadyrov.

The attack on Milashina and Nemov was not just another despicable crime committed by the regime. It has exposed its split and its crisis.

It seems that a new scandal is brewing within the Russian leadership: the FSB versus Kadyrov. What is unexpected is not the attack on the journalist and the lawyer (a routine matter in Russia, unfortunately), but the reaction of the authorities.

Numerous Russian officials have already expressed their hypocritical "concern" over the matter. Famous Chekist informants are among them: Hinstein and Klishas. Do you think they suddenly got concerned about reprisals against journalists? No, of course not. It seems that their FSB handlers decided to use this attack as an excuse to attack the Kadyrovtsy.

The relationship between the FSB and Kadyrov is no better than the one between Prigozhin and the Ministry of Defence. The cold war between them rarely goes public, but it has been going on for years. Apparently, Shoigu's hardware victory over Prigozhin has inspired Bortnikov, and he has decided to launch an attack on Kadyrov. Kadyrov's deteriorating health and the weakening of his position because of the failures of Kadyrov's tiktok troops in Ukraine may also have contributed to this.

Apparently we are in for another entertaining show. Internal contradictions are intensifying and pressure in the system is increasing.

Prigozhin's mutiny did not lead to a fatal collapse of the system only thanks to a happy coincidence. The blow-up has not been averted, but postponed. It could be caused by any further conflict in the ruling elite.

Igor Eidman, t.me

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