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Putins Top Cheerleaders Panic Over Mobilization Mutiny
Two of Putins most strident supporters are panicking about the disastrous mass mobilization efforts, which they fear could lead to a major revolt against the war in Ukraine.
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Putins Top Cheerleaders Panic Over Russian Army Mutiny
Two of Putins most strident supporters are freaking out about the disastrous mass mobilization efforts, which they fear could lead to a major revolt against the war in Ukraine.
8:49 AM · Sep 26, 2022
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Putins Top Cheerleaders Panic Over Mobilization Mutiny
Two of Putins most strident supporters are panicking about the disastrous mass mobilization efforts, which they fear could lead to a major revolt against the war in Ukraine.
thedailybeast.com
Putins Top Cheerleaders Panic Over Russian Army Mutiny
Two of Putins most strident supporters are freaking out about the disastrous mass mobilization efforts, which they fear could lead to a major revolt against the war in Ukraine.
8:49 AM · Sep 26, 2022
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Russias partial mobilization cast another shadow on the already dire situation its Armed Forces are facing in Ukraine. The situation is so grotesque that even Russian President Vladimir Putins biggest cheerleaders find themselves trashing the way the mobilization is being conducted.
Top pro-Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Solovyov and head of RT Margarita Simonyan spent much of the broadcast of the state TV show Sunday Evening With Vladimir Solovyov complaining about the issues with the mobilization. Solovyov said, There are panicked calls on my phone, on Margaritas phone, which shows that a number of people involved have forgotten how to do their jobs.
Simonyan added that after listening to Putins announcement and the follow-up message from Russias Defense Ministry, she was under the impression that only people with prior military experience were subject to mobilizationbut thats not what happened. RTs head said that she knows many people with prior combat experience, but none of them received any call-up notices.
She angrily recounted numerous instances where the new recruits included students, those outside the age limit, people with serious illnesses, barbers, teachers, musicians, and a single mother of two young children. Among the people swept up in the mobilization efforts, Solovyov and Simonyan recounted seeing information about draftees as old as 62 and 59 years of age.
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Putin's Top Cheerleaders Panic Over Mobilization 'Mutiny' (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Sep 2022
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Deuxcents
(15,785 posts)1. These outspoken critics better stay away from windows
Mysterious things happen to those who speak up
tanyev
(42,360 posts)2. And the pointy needle of reality keeps bursting more and more bubbles.