More and more representatives of the Russian “system” begin to criticize the leadership of the Russian Ministry of Defense against the backdrop of military failures on the battlefield in Ukraine over the past weeks, according to the Saturday review of the intelligence community of the British Ministry of Defense, writes European Truth.
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Among the critics in the department, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, the owner of the private military company Wagner, Evgeny Prigozhin, as well as leading Russian state channels, pop stars and the “increasingly active community of ultranationalist military bloggers”.
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“Kadyrov and Prigozhin are probably perceived as informal leaders of the” wire “block whose criticism is based on the arguments about more devotion to the state and readiness for escalation. Both probably achieved a certain authority based on the noticeable participation of both Chechen and” and ” Wagnerian “place of military units,” the intelligence of Britain notes.
At the same time, they added in British intelligence, criticism of Kadyrov, Prigozhin and others concerns the military command, and not the highest political leadership of Russia, but it indicates the tendency of “public disagreement with the Russian establishment, which is at least partially tolerate and which It is likely to be difficult to break. “
In turn, the American Institute for the Research of War notes that Kadyrov and Prigozhin will try to achieve minor ground military successes in the Donetsk region in order to maintain their popularity and reputation in the Russian Inform Space. ISW writes that Western and Russian messages about the split in the Kremlin are gaining momentum in the Russian information space.