The faps of the Armed Forces in Ukraine can lead to the end of Putin's era - Bloomberg

According to the analyst, Russian President Vladimir Putin approaches his 70th anniversary with serious problems. After previous military failures, the ultranationalist society criticized the Minister of Defense Sergiy Shoig, and after the loss of the settlement, the estimates rose to a new level, leading to a serious split among the Russians.

Bershidsky notes that even Vladimir Putin's topsoratists - the chairman of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov and the owner of the private military company "Wagner" Yevgeny Prigogin were not selected to the command of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Lieutenant General Andriy Gurulev, now a deputy of parliament from the ruling party "Unified Russia", joined the critic choir.

According to him, Russian servicemen were in trouble because the Ministry of Defense lies about the situation on the forefront. "A person in the rank of Gurulev, who blames the military command of the general" lies "is also unusual. The warring countries usually try to at least hide the differences between higher commanders and demonstrate cohesion. You will not hear Cadirov, Prigogine or Gurulev criticize himself.

The conflict between the regular military and mercenaries of all the masters flashes on the surface: "Cadyrivs", "Wagner", nationalists from the wing of Igor Strelkov-Girkin to a more moderate Gurulev. Anger to Putin is the next logical step if military defeats continue The observer in his column. Bershidsky suggests that if the situation on the forefront is intensified for Russia - Russians and servicemen will start addressing their questions directly to Vladimir Putin.

Moreover, as the observer notes, even the task of a nuclear blow in Ukraine will not deprive the Kremlin with problems, as the soldiers will be convinced that the authorities have deprived their victories over Ukrainians. Bershidsky is not ready to predict the organization of a military coup in Russia because they have never been successful.

"Although political rulers and secret police of the Russian Federation have always been able to keep the Russian military in the knot, today's situation is unusual in many ways. It is Putin's war, but people have different ideas about how to fight for him. It is unlikely to contribute to victorious actions and undermines Putin's control Not only above the events on the battlefield, but also over the propaganda space, which it owned for many years.

The Russian front seems to be close to collapse both in the east and south of Ukraine, and this can cause new military commanders, " - he said Bershidsky and adds that such a scenario can lead to the collapse of the "aging dictator" of Vladimir Putin, who went too far into a military campaign against Ukraine.