Posted on 10/03/2022 7:32:55 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Few nations have as deep a sense of their own history as the Russians. On the basis of this tendentious tract about historic 'unity' of Russians and Ukrainians that President Putin justified his invasion of an independent neighboring state.
But another word, also with great resonance in Russian history, now hangs over the Kremlin's flailing military campaign. And that word is: MUTINY.
Remarkably, it was raised on Moscow's main TV channel by the woman described as Putin's propagandist-in-chief, Margarita Simonyan, on the state of the 'special military operation' to a Russian audience.
She was raging about the incompetence which Putin's 'partial mobilisation' was carried out, and the gross inadequacy of the provisions being supplied to the hundreds of thousands being called up to fight: 'Students, people with serious illnesses, single mothers, people as old as 62 . . . and being handed rotten things, no helmets or body armor.'
CRITICISM
She warned the heads of the armed forces: 'Comrade Commanders: don't anger the people!'
And now came the reference to historic precedent. Simonyan told the 'commanders' to remember the mutiny on the Battleship Potemkin during the Russo-Japanese war of 1905, provoked by the fact all the meat available to the crew had been maggot-infested.
'Let me remind you that in 1905, small things like that led to the first mutiny of an entire military unit in the history of our country. Is that what you want?'
The Potemkin mutiny was put down, but privations and humiliations linked to that conflict led to uprisings in Russia — known as the 1905 Revolution. Lenin and the Bolsheviks saw the Potemkin mutiny as inspiration for their own seizure of power in 1917.
She exempted Putin from all criticism praising her boss for taking 'the very heavy load of responsibility solely upon himself'.
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LOL. Which way the US and UK are coming in this case? The Germans who outed the Tsar had to study Russian in 25 years last time.
provoked by the fact all the meat available to the crew had been maggot-infested.
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Modern Russian troops seem to do well on canned dog food, unless they can find a living dog for dinner.
It’s almost worth it to see how worked up you guys get.
It’s fun to watch the Putin fanbois get their panties in a bunch.
Before they kill him let there be a trial. And hopefully maybe the files on US politicians could be made public. Also leave Putin’s family alone.
Fun.. isn’t it?
The reason Putin, with evident reluctance, felt forced to call up hundreds of thousands more is that so many of his best troops had already been slaughtered 
Footage of Russian troops being told to take their wives' and girlfriends' tampons for putting in any wounds they receive, as no tourniquets are available
Walls are closing in on Putin
There was a point during (I think) the 1905 Russian revolution (yes, that early) when a mob as storming the Tzar’s palace. Allegedly, a private in the line yelled at the Tzar, “Your majesty, you must order us to fire or abdicate!” The Tzar broke out of his shock and ordered, “Fire!” The revolution came to an end. But as it turns out political movements are like glaciers, slow, but inevitable. (Unless global warming is really a thing and melts them all.)...(Oh.../S)
The Russian public has been ignoring their government’s actions until those actions started to affect them. Now the war and the government’s bad handling of it isn’t something distant, it is rolling the street. The glacier has noticed.
This is relentless, false information. Propaganda.
Ukraine’s Zelensky just publicly begged NATO for immediate membership. That is not an act of confidence in Ukraine victory. The EU gave Zelensky the finger.
He and the Biden Administration are waging a non-stop information war of desperate lies about events in Ukraine.
We will shortly see the end of the Zelensky clown show.
Yep, in Russia, maggots are just seasoning in the stone soup.
Better to spend billions helping the Ukrainians (which is sending a loud and clear message to the Chinese) than to spend trillions fighting China...
Of course the problem is what replaces the old order is even worse.
Putin will go the way of the Tzars? BS.
If he goes, he’ll be replace by a real hard ass.
I usually try to stay out of this dog fight, but since the article quoted this person then it should be easy to verify her statements.
I think Putin nukes someone if that happens
And just how many billions is Dementia Joe spending on protracting our wide open borders even as he wastes $70 Billion on Ukraine? ZERO.
Ukraine will impress China huh?
Say, why did Dementia Joe flee from Afghanistan in disgrace with his tail between his legs?
Afghanistan is much closer to China than Ukraine.
Most Asian countries have refused to impose any sanctions on Russia. I doubt if China is losing any sleep over Ukraine.
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