I'm fairly sure that if Putin wanted to have Wagner in Belarus to threaten Kyiv he could do so without Wagner threatening to kill his military chiefs and depose Putin himself. (View Post)

There are a surprisingly large number of people who can not give up the idea that Putin is some sort of Machiavellian genius, rather than a paranoid mid-rank spook who rose to the top of a criminal c… (View Post)

If a private military contractor with thousands of personnel was driving towards DC, threatening to kill the Chairman of the JCS and Defense Secretary, and depose the President, and then it was settl… (View Post)

When Putin is hooded and stood on the gallows, just before they open the trapdoor I hope someone leans over and whipsers in his ear "Greetings from Salisbury." (View Post)

For every police, security, military, or paramilitary entity in Russia that Putin might call upon for help he now has to think "will they defend me or detain me?" He's really in very d… (View Post)