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Surovikin’s name might sound familiar to people old enough to remember the failed 1991 Soviet coup. Now 55 years old, #Surovikin once served in the Soviet special forces, including in #Afghanistan. During the 1991 coup attempt, the then-24-year-old was in charge of the 2nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, which tried to break through the barricades at the intersection of #Moscow’s Garden Ring and Novy Arbat Avenue. Three protesters were killed in the clashes: Dmitry Komar, Ilya Krichevsky, and Vladimir Usov. After the coup plotters’ swift defeat, the three men were posthumously named Heroes of the #SovietUnion. Surovikin spent several months in custody, but the charges against him were ultimately lifted (the Moscow Prosecutor's Office determined that he had been “carrying out the orders of his command”).
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/10/10/who-is-general-armageddon #military #syria #ukraine #russia #terror #war #kadyrov #wagner
The local mob is showing aspirations: Putin loyalist Kadyrov criticises Russian army’s performance over Ukraine retreat
“If today or tomorrow no changes in strategy are made, I will be forced to speak with the leadership of the defence ministry and the leadership of the country to explain the real situation on the ground to them.
In 2017, thanks to an investigation by independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, the world learned about the repressions #queer people face in the #NorthCaucasus. Stories of torture and kidnappings appeared on the homepage of the New York Times, and Vladimir #Putin had no choice but to comment. Soon, people began evacuating from #Chechnya. The majority of evacuees in the first wave were men, but #humanrights advocates have since seen an increase in the number of requests from women, not all of them #LGBT+. To learn more about the threats #women face in Chechnya, Meduza spoke to two human rights advocates and two Chechen women who managed to escape.
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/06/22/what-i-want-is-a-secular-chechnya #russia #migration #moscow #religion #islam #repression #kadyrov
Following Russia’s unsuccessful assault on #Kyiv and northern #Ukraine, the Russian military has intensified its efforts in Ukraine’s east, particularly in the #Donetsk and #Luhansk Regions. But Russia’s #military has not been alone as its soldiers have edged slowly forward in recent weeks. Groups of irregular troops and fighters have also been seen in the area, operating alongside the Russian military in the direction of #Kharkiv Region.
Fighters from the #Wagner Private Military Company ( #PMC) have reportedly participated in the assault on the town of #Popasna. The National Bolshevik “Borey” group, meanwhile, has posted about their participation in an offensive in the #Donbas. The Cossack group, “Don”, is also reported to have been operating on the #Izyum front in the southern Kharkiv Region. (...)
Pavel Luzin, the Russian military analyst, told Bellingcat that groups like the #SDD – much like Ramzan #Kadyrov’s Chechen fighters – may be in Ukraine at least partly for PR reasons.
“All these mercenaries prevent the armed forces from increasing the popularity and political weight of the military within #Russia. The #war is conducted by unknown soldiers and officers, but the ‘volunteers’ are represented in official #media, mercenaries are represented in their social media and Chechens are represented on #TikTok”, said Luzin.
“So, the SDD together with other mercenaries are aimed to balance the armed forces and the officer corps from posing a potential political threat for the #Kremlin”.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2022/06/17/meet-the-irregular-troops-backing-up-russias-army-in-the-donbas #farright #rusich #nazi
The consequences of the #war are already felt in #Russia. The #economy is set to contract as much as it did during the Soviet collapse. The war also ended many of the already weak civil liberties of Russia’s citizens, who now live under de facto martial law. Some have speculated that defeat will lead to a Russia without #Putin. Others argue that one-man-rule will continue with Putin at the helm, though weakened. Others have argued that Russia’s defeat, economic collapse, international pariah status and increased Russian #chauvinism will bring an end to the Russian Federation itself.
The possibility of a collapse of the Russian Federation along the lines of the Soviet collapse has been a feature of commentary on Russia since December 1991. Every now and again these views resurface, and Russia’s evident failures in #Ukraine have brought similar theories. Given the unprecedented scale of the war and the profound consequences it is to bring, the argument on Russia’s imminent collapse deserves scrutiny. Are the forces of #collapse already at play in Russia?
https://ridl.io/en/will-the-ukraine-conflict-splinter-russia/ #kyiv #donbas #chechnya #crimea #state #kadyrov
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Since 2016, #Chechnya’s tyrannical leader Razman #Kadyrov has started a violent war on the #LGBTQ+ community in the country, leading to arrests, #torture and execution of civilians for their #SexualOrientation.
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