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After calling for the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine – Putin promotes “bloodhound” Kadyrov

2022-10-06T03:38:54.541Z


After calling for the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine – Putin promotes “bloodhound” Kadyrov Created: 06/10/2022, 05:30 By: Franziska Schwarz After the losses in the Ukraine war, the search for culprits is underway in Russia. What is remarkable is what Kadyrov and Prigozhin say on the subject. Update October 5 5.40pm: Russia's President has promoted Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov amid Ukrainia


After calling for the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine – Putin promotes “bloodhound” Kadyrov

Created: 06/10/2022, 05:30

By: Franziska Schwarz

After the losses in the Ukraine war, the search for culprits is underway in Russia.

What is remarkable is what Kadyrov and Prigozhin say on the subject.

Update October 5 5.40pm:

Russia's President has promoted Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov amid Ukrainian territorial gains.

The 46-year-old is rising to the rank of Colonel General.

The decree on his appointment has already been published, and he is "incredibly grateful" to Putin for the "great appreciation," Kadyrov wrote in the Telegram online service on Wednesday.

Colonel-General is the third highest rank in the Russian Armed Forces, behind Marshal and Army General.

The Kremlin praised Kadyrov's "heroic contribution" to the offensive in Ukraine on Monday.

The Chechen President has been intensively involved since the beginning.

Chechen units are fighting alongside Russian forces in the country.

The President of the Russian republic of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, takes part in a ceremony marking the annexation of the Ukrainian territories.

© MIKHAIL METZEL/AFP

The timing of Kadyrov's appointment is particularly interesting.

Putin's "bloodhound" recently caused a stir when he called for the use of "low-yield nuclear weapons" in Ukraine.

In addition, Kadyrov had criticized another colonel general, Alexander Lapin, for his role in the fighting for the city of Lyman, which was recently captured by Ukrainian forces.

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First report from October 5th:

Munich - In the Ukraine war, every statement made by Vladimir Putin is still under surveillance.

But also with other Russian protagonists every word attracts attention.

Ramzan Kadyrov, for example, is a highly respected commentator in the West.

The other Yevgeny Prigozhin, also known as "Putin's cook".

Both recently expressed themselves unusually critical.

And they're not the only ones.

It seems questionable, however, that Putin's chair is already shaking.

"Putin fails to reconcile the claims of Russian nationalists with his declared war goals," write the military experts at the US think tank Study of War (ISW) in their latest analysis.

Three factors increased the pressure on the Kremlin chief: private individuals who commented on the war on the Internet, veterans and "siloviki", meaning representatives of the secret services and the military.

"Putin needs the approval of all three groups."

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However, Ukraine's successes with its counter-offensive are now dividing the radical nationalist community.

Putin is therefore making sure that said commentators are given space on Russian state television.

He also allows siloviki to mobilize their own fighters and tries to placate the veterans, primarily with sustained propaganda.

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Ukraine is closely following developments.

"They started biting each other," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently mocked.

In fact, Kadyrov had recently castigated the Russian bankruptcy in Lyman on Telegram - according to Welt

, Prigozhin

also helped him.

The newspaper's Russia correspondent also reported that TV propagandist Dmitry Kiselyov's "News of the Week" broadcast a long report on the withdrawal of troops from Lyman and the achievements of the Ukrainian army.

The

world

sees Kadyrov's and Prigozhin's criticism of conditions in the Russian army as an "unprecedented development".

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At the same time, however, oligarch Prigoshin recently announced that he had founded the notorious mercenary group "Wagner" - also known as "Putin's shadow army".

He also criticized senior military officials.

And the Chechen "chief" Kadyrov wants to send his underage sons to the front, he says - a kind of curtsey to the Kremlin chief's will to go to war.

Some observers see the Chechen leader as a possible successor to Putin, and Prigozhin also has political ambitions.

So how can Kadyrov maintain ties with the Kremlin boss and “commend himself” to the Russians at the same time?

Perhaps by ostensibly helping Putin.

According to Welt

, Kadyrov

recently expressed the suspicion that information was "withheld" from Putin during the Russian attack on Ukraine.

(frs)

Source: merkur

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