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To: rxbond who wrote (1376580)	10/10/2022 10:48:23 AM
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So sad poor Bruce never achieved anything and he has to be so jealous of Trump.

To: rxbond who wrote (1376580)	10/10/2022 3:09:04 PM
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Most of Putin's Kremlin elite opposes the Ukraine war, report says Bethany Dawson Oct 9, 2022, 5:12 AM Russian President Vladimir Putin attending a cabinet meeting via videoconference in Moscow on August 31. Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool Photo via AP Vladimir Putin's war with Ukraine is widely said to be creating tensions among Russia's elite.Russia has endured a series of defeats since the war began in February.One journalist told The Guardian fear would keep the Kremlin elite in line at least temporarily. Russian President Vladimir Putin's Kremlin elite is increasingly opposed to the war in Ukraine, according to a series of interviews by The Guardian. In late February, the Russian military said it'd be able to take control of Kyiv in just a matter of days. But 227 days later, the Russian forces have endured a series of disastrous defeats in Ukraine. Ukraine has retaken thousands of square miles of its territory from Russian occupying forces, prompting the Kremlin to launch a chaotic mobilization of reservists and civilians. As a result, Putin's top officials now believe the war is lost. One well-connected Russian state journalist told The Guardian that "intense dread" had taken hold of much of the political elite, saying: "The higher you go, the more desperation you feel. There is general understanding now that the war can't be won." Another journalist, Yevgenia Albats, an editor of the Russian outlet The New Times who was recently forced out of Russia, also spoke with The Guardian and said her sources within the Russian administration estimated that at least 70% of top officials were opposed to the war. The Washington Post also reported serious qualms among Putin's aides and advisors. "Since the start of the occupation, we have witnessed growing alarm from a number of Putin's inner circle," an unnamed Western intelligence official told the Post. "Our assessments suggest they are particularly exercised by recent Russian losses, misguided direction, and extensive military shortcomings," the official said in the report, published Friday. 'This whole system is built around a vozdh, a leader' Putin and top officials during a meeting with former members of the Cabinet at the Kremlin on January 29, 2020, in Moscow. Mikhail Svetlov/Getty ImagesBut despite the evidence of widespread opposition to Putin and his shortcoming military mission, Albats said Putin was unlikely to see any formal threats against his power. "For there to be a schism," an organizational split, "people need to stop being afraid," she said. Putin's elite inner circle mainly comprises former security and intelligence officials, many of whom he knows from his days in St. Petersburg and at the KGB, the Soviet precursor to today's security agencies, Insider's Tom Porter reported. The political scientist Dmitry Oreshkin said: "This whole system is built around a vozdh, a leader. If you get rid of Putin, you have to be able to deliver quick results, but everyone knows that is not possible right now." But in Putin's power center, factions and infighting are increasing. For instance, as The Guardian noted, Yevgeny Prigozhin — the founder of the Wagner Group, considered to be Putin's de facto private army — and the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov have been openly hostile toward Russia's defense minister, the Putin loyalist Sergei Shoigu. "Putin is a very destructive personality," a former defense ministry official told The Guardian. "He will play the different factions off each other and see what the best outcome will be. Putin just wants to see what is best for him and the war in Ukraine." businessinsider.com