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Crocus

Well... an unpopular opinion: while indeed Russia of the times of Soviet Union and now putler's Russia is a terrorist state, the Russian people... (wanted to write "who are not in the system", but living in Russia is being a part of the system)... hence, the Russian people, who are not directly part of the system, just ordinary citizens trying to survive, they are also victims of this terrorist state.

One of possible post- putinism scenario is picturing Russia falling in a several parts by ethnic or economical or climatic zones. And some evil tongues claim, that the Western countries (whatever it is) let the Ukrainian war continue, because they are afraid of dissolving of Russia.

Well... they were afraid of dissolving of USSR. Being afraid doesn't work.

Crocus

All the OSINT groups I usually listen to, claim that it's Khorosan branch of Islamic state. And they even admitted the honer.

The only thing FSB did is that they did nothing. They - huilo - let it happen.

If you follow event in Russia, you could notice a riot policeman every 5 m along the road leading to the cemetery there Navalny was buried. Anything of the sort on an event with more than 6000 thousand people, after a multiple warnings about a terrorist attack? Nope.

Crocus

You are from another planet.


And putler's Russia is a planet for itself.

Crocus

There's nothing he can do to make his war popular. (Did you noticed, that you called it "his" war? It is.)

The thing is - and it makes me feel miserable - that the majority of Russian population would not mind a short victorious adventure, like Kiev in 3 days and the Eastern Ukraine in a week. (That's totally awful and I am sorry, that the country of my birth turned into that.) But no one wanted and still doesn't a long war. Have you noticed that they increased money reward for joining the army? For the depressed regions, like Dagestan, Tyva, Buryatia, it's a lot of money - it's more money that a man there can earn in his entire life - and still, they have difficulties with even filling the loses. The propaganda works 24/7, people live in misery, dissent utterly marginalized and prosecuted - and still they have difficulties with filling the gaps in the ranks. They force convicts, homeless, mentally ill including junkies, heavily indebted and other men, who actually in need of help and would get it in a human regimen...

If anyone even wondered about quality, motivation and discipline in such an army, you don't need to wonder anymore.

By the way, they have burned a couple of GULAG colonies due to the absence of inmates and arrested a few GULAG officers in order to send 'em to the war. Imagine a young lieutenant given command to a platoon of serial killers? They would just laugh. Another thing - a virtuhai: he is used to and they a used to. A working scheme.

Crocus

Not only USA, that even mentioned "concerts" especially, but also Iran, putler's ally, warned about the attack. It looks like, that huilo didn't doubt information, but just let the even happen in order to use it for his benefit.

Now, it's known that large Russian towns cannot live without low-paid gastarbeiters, who do road cleaning, building, garbage removal, taxi and delivery cervices, etc. Russians themselves, in the large towns - there's a difference with the small once - don't want to do that job. Plus, the money, that the gastarbeiters send home, is a good part of their countries' income. Those countries don't want to lose it. Those countries are also the routes for huilo to circumvent the sanctions. A dilemma that this halv-bald intestinal worm is trying to solve with "Ukrainian trace". They stomped so hard over all other evidences, that only the "right" ones could remain.

Now, the evil tongues made it a fashion to call any trace "Ukrainian". Indeed, we had snow here the other day and a couple of magpies hopped over my tiny porch and left a lot of Ukrainian traces. Now gone after the heavy rain, of course, but the feeling remains.