New video by Andres Puck Nielsen.. He discusses how Prigozin deaths and Girkins imprisonment have impacted russia and what this means for regimes ideology or lack thereof.
From /r/credibledefense
Summary:
Date of plane crush was not about symbolism rather due to the opportunity to take out so many people at once.
-Usually the Kremlin tries to flood the info space with a lot of narratives to preserve plausible deniability.
-This time their response was different . Even though they denied their responsibility overall it was a very half-hearted attempt.
-As soon as the crash happened there was a limited attempt to spread different stories but they quickly halted it.
-Even people on gov. sponsored talk shows seem to imply that putin is responsible.
-Therefore it seems that putin is more openly taking responsibility this time.
-It might be a new message to the russian elite about the new rules of the game.
-Assassinations are a fair play now even if you are in the elite. These types of repressions are approaching Stalinist levels.
-Regarding Girkins imprisonment. Unlike Prigozin he was not a traitor but a representative of an ultraright opposition to putin.
-Nationalists are more problematic because unlike Navalny and co they basically use putins own talking points.
-By starting to go after nationalists, the current russian system basically loses any ideological backing. All you can do is support putin but you can't take his talking points to heart.
-The longer the war drags out the worse this will be for russia. As only fighting for your president rather than your country/ideology is not sustainable.
-Overall it seems that putins new direction is to replace ideology with fear.