Tea Leaves and Russia
7 min readSep 10, 2022
There were a few posts on Telegram that speak to something momentous happening inside Russia. As I have written in the recent past, two city councils have demanded consequences for Vladimir Putin. In other words, he will get the blame for this defeat.
First, this dangle via General SVR.
First, Putin gave the opportunity to talk to Nikolai Patrushev, but he offered to give that chance to…