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Decolonization and Imperial Collapse
One of the consequences of this war will be the breakup of the Russian Federation. In fact, the process may already be starting. One signal is the possible attempt on the life of Nikolai Patrushev. Perhaps we had a coup attempt that failed, or he has gotten too much attention.
Regardless the knives, or in this case the poison, came out to the party. To anybody who has been paying attention, this is hardly a surprise. However, one thing is significant in the report on General SVR on Telegram:
The President was informed, one might say the last, when Patrushev’s life was no longer in danger. Who is behind the assassination attempt, what are the motives and how it became possible in general to organize an actually completed assassination attempt on a representative of such a high level of power, remains to be seen. But, something tells me, this is only the beginning of a big redistribution in the elites.
They are correct, this is the official beginning of the troubles. And as always, there is more.
In a Twitter feed for the Chechen resistance, we learned that:
Speaker of the battalion named after Sheikh Mansura Islam Belokiev said that the people of Ichkeria have started preparations for hostilities in Chechnya.
Ichkeria is divided into 3 fronts and 16 sectors. There is an intensive collection of information on cities where the Russians are deployed for attacks.
Some of these people have been getting combat experience in Ukraine. So we may be heading for a third Chechen war, and in this case, a civil war. This also explains Ramzan Kadirov worries. Remember he owes Vladimir Putin a lot, and his people are enforcers.
Ramzan Kadyrov warmly thanked Putin for the opportunity to “take part in the holy struggle against Satanism.”
We have seen plenty of evidence that this is a religious war. It’s framed as the final battle between good and evil. Of course, the West and Democracy are demonic forces.
This is not just Kadyrov. It is also the Church, the Russian Orthodox Church. This language is part of Russian propaganda. It’s also the Millenarian ideology of the state.
However, Kadyrov also expects more from his supreme…