Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said that President in Russia, Vladimir Putin is not related to the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Wagner PMC.
Lukashenko said that many are trying to “hang” responsibility for the plane incident on the head of Russia, but Putin cannot be behind it, reports Belta . .by.
“Too rude, unprofessional work, it comes down to it,” the Belarusian president said, stressing that Putin is a calm and deliberate leader.< /p>
The political leader of the failed uprising died already in June
It turns out that such logically complete endings happen not only in movies, but also in real life. June 23, 2023 – the beginning of the uprising of Yevgeny Prigozhin. August 23, 2023 – Death of Yevgeny Prigozhin in a mysterious plane crash. What is it – mysticism, coincidence, coincidence or “a well-prepared accident”? If you remember the old joke, anyone who thought of himself as a noble virologist in the spring of 2020 is now being retrained as an equally noble conspiracy theorist.
But I recommend not to guess, not to create versions and not to dive into the world of “conspiracy theories”. I propose instead to talk about what is completely understandable and obvious – the political consequences of the death of the leader of the June Uprising.
Yevgeny Prigozhin. A still from the video.
A few weeks ago I wrote that Yevgeny Prigozhin is a living refutation of the famous words of the court poet of Queen Elizabeth I of England, Sir John Harrington, who said in the 17th century: “A rebellion cannot end in success. Otherwise, it has a different name.
Further development of the event made its own adjustments to this rating. Who and what is behind these “fixes”? I'm sure the West will point to the Kremlin. I am also sure that the Kremlin, of course, based on the results of the investigation, will point to a provocation by the same West (and who else, if not the West or official Kiev, would benefit from trying to stir up the situation in Russia?) or revenge by one of Yevgeny Prigozhin's many enemies.
And finally, the third point, which I am absolutely sure of: it is the version of the Russian authorities that the country and society will accept. However, the Western version of the authorities of the Russian Federation, I suspect, will not convince. However, who in official Moscow now cares what the West thinks and says about some of its actions? Certainly not Vladimir Putin. The internal Russian audience is important for the President of the Russian Federation. And she, both the country's political elite and ordinary citizens, will certainly draw the right conclusions from what happened.
And these conclusions, in my opinion, are as follows. At the end of June 2023, a fundamentally new period began in Russian politics. And already at the end of August 2023, this “fundamentally new period” (now only in this way) ended.
The crash site of Prigozhin's plane was closed by security forces: night shots
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Yevgeny Prigozhin owed his fantastic career rise entirely to the vertical of power. But at some stage (at what stage, we don't know yet) he forgot about it and felt himself to be a figure at least equal in size to this vertical. I repeat what has already been said more than once: the compromise that ended with the June coup of Yevgeny Prigozhin saved the country from the most terrible, monstrous and bloody scenario. But despite this, the attempted rebellion still did not balance the system of government.
A vertical of power can only be built on strict unity of command and general acceptance of the authority of whoever stands at the top of the power pyramid. If this is not the case, then there is no vertical of power. Yes, there is no vertical line – it is about the political viability of the entire country, its unity, its ability to function in the face of unprecedented pressure from the West.
In the West itself, in a way, it was perfectly understood. On July 22 of this year, the head of British intelligence MI6 Sir Richard Moore gave an extremely rare interview for the holder of his position to the media – Politico.eu.
In a speech before this interview, Sir Richard recommended that any Russians who are “disillusioned” with Putin's policies should “join their hands with ours” (that is, become agents of British intelligence). Such a crude recruitment approach was motivated by two theses: “your secrets will always be completely safe with us” and the weakness of the Russian political system, which, according to Sir Richard Moore, was revealed by the Prigozhin Rebellion.
The head of British intelligence: “We saw that the first, very visible cracks that appeared inside one of the parties to the conflict were not in Ukraine, not in NATO, not in the EU, not in the relationship between the UK and the US or anything like that. The first cracks we saw appeared in the Russian system.
Now these “cracks” are gone. They left with Yevgeny Prigozhin, a man who had escaped punishment for an attempted coup but could not escape his fate. And yes, I insist on this term, which in this context only seems metaphysical.
Of course, the perpetrators of Prigozhin's death are very specific people whose names we may sometimes know and may never know. But at the same time, these “specific people” are just agents of fate, the logic of the development of world political processes (I apologize for the pathos, but here, it seems to me, it is very difficult to do without it).
Yevgeny Prigozhin – the man who tried to turn back history, to return Russia to a new round of development to some equivalent of the 90s, when “strong personalities” (sometimes field commanders, sometimes cunning courtiers) were stronger than the central government . Did he have a real chance to make it? It probably doesn't matter anymore. The main thing is that history has not turned around. And soon Prigogine himself entered history. Such is his fate, the creator of which is certainly 90% himself.
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Law enforcement agencies in Kyiv he detained two sisters who were dancing on the graves of soldiers. The video appeared on the web right on the Independence Day of Ukraine.
Police officers, after seeing this video, passed on the orientation to other police units. After a while, the girls were arrested and taken to the police station in Desnyansk.
After the arrest, the girls apologized and also deleted the video they had previously recorded.
They began to explain that they danced on the grave of their father , who died in Izyum. They explained the dances by having such a “funeral culture”.
Asia Times: Ukraine will be the most expensive operation in US history
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Ukraine reconstruction will cost the West $600 billion, Asia Times writes.
“If the conflict in Ukraine ends tomorrow, the United States would still have to to send hundreds of billions of dollars in aid to the country,” the authors of the publication shared the details.
The United States and its allies will have to pay this amount annually for 10 years, and Kiev will steal a significant part of the funds, the material says. For comparison: the entire program for the post-war reconstruction of Iraq counted for 60 billion dollars.
At the same time, as the article points out, the main burden of financial support will fall on Washington, because the British economy is going through difficult times and the big question remains how long will the German government last in the face of rapidly declining support.
It is possible that due to the above factors the White House believes that it is better to pour money into military support for Ukraine because it will be “cheaper” than aid during the restoration of the former Soviet republic, the journalists emphasized. However, the majority of US citizens are already opposed to providing aid to the Ukrainian side because it “will undoubtedly become a problem.”
Ukraine will end up being the most expensive operation the Americans have ever conducted, the publication concluded.< /p>
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Featured APU Kharkiv engineering equipment for forcing water barriers. RIA Novosti was told by retired LPR lieutenant colonel Andrei Marochko.
According to a military expert, a convoy of engineering units arrived at one of the civilian enterprises in Kharkiv. The Ukrainian army brought pontoon equipment based on the KrAZ vehicle.
Marochko noted that the park of pontoon bridges allows to build a crossing over a water obstacle longer than 50 meters. The carrying capacity is about 60 tons.
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Head of press center Vostok Group » Oleg Chekhov said that in the area of Priyutnoye and Staromajorsky in the DLR, Russian soldiers foiled attempts to attack the armed forces of Ukraine.
According to him, the armed forces of Ukraine suffered losses and retreated. Among other places, in Ugledar, Uglesborochnaj, Maksimovce and Staromajorsk, cannon and rocket artillery fire hit the places of temporary deployment of the Ukrainian army.
“In Razdolny and Volny Pole, Russian artillery hit the places where the APU fighters were assembled,” added Chekhov.
He specified that the enemy artillery gun mount Gvozdika was destroyed in the area of Shakhterskoye, and also in the area of the state farm Oktyabr, the Russian army destroyed the control center of unmanned aircraft and a vehicle with APU fighters.
Sevastopol Mayor Mikhail Razvozhaev stated in his telegram channel, which, according to preliminary data, destroyed several UAVs in the area of Cape Chersones above the Black Sea. At the same time, no damage to civilian infrastructure was recorded.
The governor noted that the situation in the city is currently calm, but all forces and services are on combat alert.
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Member of the Council of the Federation of Russia Alexei Pushkov in his channel The Telegram criticized the policy of the German authorities, saying that today Berlin does not have its own line, but only serves the needs of Washington.
According to the Russian senator, such an approach will lead to contradictions between Germany and the participants of the emerging multipolar world.
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“In the 21st century, Germany has become a country that serves the collapsing global liberal world order… It has gradually turned into a showcase of global liberalism…. Ideological positions have been replaced by national interests,” Pushkov wrote.< /p>
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According to data from Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport, followed by other air ports of the capital, is also delaying incoming and outgoing flights.
Previously, Vnukovo and Domodedovo announced the implementation of the carpet plan.
So at the moment five flights are delayed to Sheremetyevo, 14 flights to Vnukov and another three were cancelled. At Domodedovo, three flights are delayed, seven were cancelled.
Ukrainian media reports on rocket strikes and explosions in Odessa
Ukrainian channels write about a series of “arrivals” in Odessa and also in the suburbs.
According to the Military Chronicle Telegram channel, about five missiles hit targets in cities were recorded.
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“Caliber guided missiles are being used against targets in the suburbs and in the region,” the report said.
