Putin purges 1,000 insiders, military leaders

https://thehornnews.com ^ | March 17, 2022 | Staff

[Lurkinanloomin]

The swamp creatures will mostly all be re-elected, some with Trump’s endorsement.

[conservativeimage]

Nope. Trump didn’t send ANYBODY to jail. Not Comey, not Hillary, not Schiff, nobody.

[cornfedcowboy]

Imagine the fun our CIA is having texting Putin’s personal staff and putting all sorts of anti Russian news on their cells phones that are no doubt screened by security.

[cornfedcowboy]

I would assume Putin is paranoid from the looks of how serious he distanced himself from anybody else.

[Steve Van Doorn]

I’m far more concerned of Bitme’s handlers starting nuclear war then Putin. He has already killed millions of citizens with these forced injections

[BiglyCommentary]

Putin is like Hitler down in the bunker at the end of WWII. Crazed and paranoid.

[Zhang Fei]

[I would assume Putin is paranoid from the looks of how serious he distanced himself from anybody else.]

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Paranoia is defined as a tendency on the part of an individual or group toward excessive or irrational suspiciousness and distrustfulness of others. I don’t think his suspicion or distrust are irrational. Occupational hazard when you’re a dictator.

[roving]

He is having “protestors” in Russia arrested for holding blank signs. I saw one who was arrested holding a sign that simple said, “two Words”

[Penelope Dreadful]

I think the Yamato got sunk or maybe just scuttled in Tokyo bay??

[markomalley]

As fun as this news sounds, I’m supposed to take the word of a no-name blog that uses Inside Edition, the (barf alert) Daily Beast, and the neocon Institute for the Study of War as its sources for the story?

Nothing personal, but I’d need something a lot more reliable than that.

[Sequoyah101]

So is this the reason for all the russian vip transport planes on the move from moscow this morning?

[miserare]

“It’s not paranoia if they really are out to get you.”

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Shades of Uncle Joe, Stalin that is, yet!

[budj]

"...Putin has also purged top military commanders..."

Kind of like 0bama in 2012.

[Steve_Seattle]

"reportedly"

Well, that settles it.

[UMCRevMom@aol.com]

Putin reportedly fired several generals and arrested Federal Security Service (FSB) intelligence officers in an internal purge. Ukrainian Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov stated on March 9 that the Kremlin has replaced eight generals due to their failures in Ukraine, though ISW cannot independently verify this information.[21]

Putin additionally detained several personnel from the FSB’s 5th Service, which is responsible for informing Putin about the political situation in Ukraine. The Federal Protective Service and 9th Directorate of the FSB (its internal security department) reportedly raided the 5th Service and over 20 other locations on March 11.

Several media outlets reported that 5th Service Head Sergey Beseda and his deputy Anatoly Bolyukh are under house arrest on March 11.[22] Independent Russian media outlet Meduza claimed the 5th Service might have provided Putin with false information about the political situation in Ukraine ahead of his invasion out of fear of contradicting Putin‘s desired prognosis that a war in Ukraine would be a smooth undertaking.[23]

Putin is likely carrying out an internal purge of general officers and intelligence personnel. He may be doing so either to save face after failing to consider their assessments in his own pre-invasion decision-making or in retaliation for faulty intelligence he may believe they provided him.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-11

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1582251/vladimir-putin-panic-fear-poison-replace-staff-assassination-war-ukraine

[UMCRevMom@aol.com]

Well, I saw this explanation: "A FLURRY of Russian jets have been tracked leaving for Dubai from Moscow in quick succession this afternoon (Thursday), as speculation grows that Vladimir Putin's oligarchs may be deserting him over the invasion of Ukraine. Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. logo Discount codes Puzzles Horoscopes In Your Area Shop Paper Login Register 6°C Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Find us on Instagram HOME News Showbiz & TV Sport Comment Finance Travel Entertainment Life & Style UK World Politics Royal Science Obituaries History Weather Weird Nature Sunday Home News World Russia EXODUS: Putin hammer blow as huge flurry of private jets leave Moscow for Dubai A FLURRY of Russian jets have been tracked leaving for Dubai from Moscow in quick succession this afternoon (Thursday), as speculation grows that Vladimir Putin's oligarchs may be deserting him over the invasion of Ukraine. By Aleks Phillips 00:00, Fri, Mar 18, 2022 | UPDATED: 00:01, Fri, Mar 18, 2022 149 Comment section Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Copy link Russian news anchor issues nuclear destruction warning Sign up for our news briefing, including a daily special Russia-Ukraine edition We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Four private Russian-flagged jets took off from Moscow Vnukovo airport between 10.30am local time this morning and 11am. It follows claims at the start of the month that Putin had sent his family to a secret bunker in Siberia. Related articles Chelsea takeover 'could be completed this month' Putin issues warning to the West after Biden brands 'war criminal' It is unknown why the jets all flew out of Russia at the same time, or who was on them. Some of the aircraft are owned by private jet companies, while the others are owned privately. Russian aircraft registration does not say who owns such planes, nor is it clear who was on the planes. However, many Russian oligarchs have been the subject of Western sanctions since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with many assets in the UK and EU being frozen. The sanctions have been seen as a means of getting wealthy and influential Russian businessmen to indirectly influence Putin to end the war. But several oligarchs have opted to stay out of Russia since the invasion, and have claimed they have no influence over the Russian President. In an interview with Bloomberg this week, Ukrainian-born oligarch Mikhail Fridman said that he, like others, had no influence over Putin. On the day of the invasion, he said, he was in Moscow on business, but quickly returned to the UK, where he is now staying." https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1582429/Russia-news-exodus-private-jets-Moscow-dubai-Vladimir-putin

[pissant]

Sounds like fake news

[DMD13]

The stories sound similar to the bullshit stories from the MSM about Trump that Trump was crazy, blah, blah, blah. Too bad there are too many Faux News watchers on FR who are orgasmic about war with Russia.

[Nifster]

Let the pogroms begin