A change of horse mid-stream, methinks.
♲ Hanse Mina - 2024-05-13 02:16:12 GMT
#Putin proposed Andrei #Belousov to replace his long-term ally, Sergei #Shoigu, 68, as defence minister.Belousov, a former economy minister known to be very close to Putin, shares the Russian leader's vision of rebuilding a strong state, and has also worked with Putin's top technocrats who want greater innovation and are open to new ideas.
Belousov has played an important role in overseeing #Russia's drone programme.
This is a shocking development, if true!
Al Arabiya reports from Russian sources that there will be "change in leadership" in the Ministry of Defense tomorrow
Prigozhin confirmed that he accepted the deal via audio message. Previous statements that he rejected them were faked. "We came within 200km of Moscow without shedding a single drop of blood, now there is still the possibility of blood being shed, and understanding that responsibility we will turn around our convoys and return to base."
Wagner source says "concessions announcement to follow" amid Shoigu and Gerasimov rumors.
Noel: “Prigozhin was offered to give up the idea of going to #Moscow, and in response was offered the security of Wagner. They also promised to resolve the issue of #Shoigu and #Gerasimov,” Russian media report.
Sources claim that some #Wagner fighters are dissatisfied with the decision to reach an agreement
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has allegedly been detained.
Russian troops stationed at checkpoints in Moscow have packed up and are leaving.
The picture is from earlier today where defensive settings were prepared around strategic locations in Moscow
more from #AlexanderMercouris here (20 minutes worth), with much more thought and analysis about the entire enigmatic issue.
Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=tJNOuelpKuw
Flurry of #phone calls, #warning of dirty bomb from #Russia's #Shoigu
The Russian Defense Ministry has begun to recruit new soldiers from among the inmates of Russia’s so-called “red” penal colonies. This is a class of penal institutions where some of the inmates are former law-enforcement and state-security servicemen. In “red” colonies, convicts are permitted to organize a good deal of their daily life, unlike the other “castes” of inmates in the Russian penal system. According to the #media project Vazhnye Istorii (iStories), no later than the end of September, the Ministry of Defense began to recruit soldiers for a new formation called Storm among the people currently imprisoned in the “red” colonies. #Military recruitment among convicts used to be something only done by Evgeny #Prigozhin, the notorious founder of the #WagnerGroup — Prigozhin’s “private military company” that fought in #Syria in 2015, and is now taking part in #Russia’s #war against #Ukraine. But now the Defense Ministry, led by Sergey #Shoigu, is taking Prigozhin’s lead — by trying to find new conscripts among the #prison|ers.
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/10/11/the-wagner-group-s-best-practices-go-mainstream #ossetia #luhansk
Russia’s Ministry of Defense Head Sergei Shoigu reportedly missing
https://news.yahoo.com/russia-ministry-defense-head-sergei-175234417.html
