Russia Arrests Top General as Military Purge Ramps Up

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-arrests-general-military-purge-putin-war-mirza-mirzaev-1979651

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  1. Military brass must be careful to stay away from windows and tea parties for the foreseeable future. There are some very interesting North Korean candidates that are eager for vacancies.

  2. Knowing Russia its probably going to be a case of the most corrupt and incompetent generals working together in order to drag down the competent leadership that’s making gains.

  3. Darth Vader looks at Putin killing his generals and admirals and says to himself “This guy is serious f-ed up in the head. Even I didn’t kill as many of my military leaders as he has.”

  4. Chief of logistics for the russian national guard, huh. I would have thought he’d go after the generals heading the special op first.

  5. Putin levelling up from authoritarian to full dictator mode. Doing a Stalin and removing all potential dissidence, threat and opposing opinion from within under sham political charges I suspect. Probably ditch the pretence of elections at some point. Taking the lead from his new best pal in Kim Jong Un. Being a dictator must be a lonely place, constant paranoia and the need to consider everyone as a potential threat. Nice that they now have a bit of solace in each other.

  6. “Who fucked up this week in our special operation?” “It’s Dave’s turn.” “Alright Dave, go stand by the window please.”

  7. Russian tea… now 99.9% polonium-210 free! (May contain botulinum toxin, agent orange and VX)

    Perfect gift for that “retiring” Russian General in your life.

  8. I mean isn’t this par for the course in Russia? Are officials accepting(expecting) bribes not a common thing in their culture? Seems like arresting a few folks isn’t going to fix anything…

  9. Military purge sounds tricky.

    Yeah, you are a dictator with many rich friends, but in the end, who run the guns isn’t you. 

    I wonder if Russia would be much worse after a military coup. At least we would see the end of the war I guess. 

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