More Signals of Trouble Inside Russia

Nadin Brzezinski
7 min readDec 5, 2023

We are increasingly getting more noise signals that things are starting to change within the Russian Federation. Remember when Igor Girkin was demanding this, and he was ignored? He is going to tell you so from Leforto's detention.

We may not be fans. But the man has a knack for reading tea leaves. He was calling for SMERSH about a year ago. He read the mood before these guys did. Now, it’s a proposal at the Duma; it would be as if a member of Congress said we need more repression:

“People mess with us.” The State Duma proposed reviving the Stalinist system of searching for “traitors to the motherland” throughout Russia

In all regions of Russia, to combat spies, the counterintelligence service “Smersh”, which worked during Stalin’s times, should be revived, said Andrei Gurulev, a member of the State Duma Committee on Defense. According to the deputy, such units are already operating in the occupied regions of Ukraine —

There is a limited SMERSH in Crimea. Now, does this member of the Duma want to expand this to the whole country? Why is this? Girkin also suggested a general mobilization if Russia wanted to win the war. I might not like him, but he understands the country well. So what could be forcing this?

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Nadin Brzezinski

Historian by training. Former day to day reporter. Sometimes a geek who enjoys a good miniatures game. You can find me at CounterSocial, Mastodon and rarely FB