Prigozhin's patron. Donald Fredovich Trump. Vlasovites and Fox News. Orthodox Monarchism or Trojan Horse fifth columnism? Strelkov, Chubais, Akhmetov. Vanguard Group and the Franklin Templeton fund
This a great series. I am looking forward to the Next chapters. Specially interested in understanding why the Kremlim allows all of these enemies to stay in relevant positions. My intuition is that Russians leaders want to keep enemies close but surely you can dig seeper on that
I'm sorry to hear that, but hopefully as the series progresses and you read about the more specific events/people involved you'll find it more interesting. Malofeev is a soft of Russian Kolomoisky, he plays a major role in the country's politics, one which is rising in the past few years.
I don't find conspiracism interesting. The kind of Kremlinology focusing on what games rich parasites spend their money on as a proxy for how societies work just doesn't do it for me. I look forward to your other stuff.
Well while it certainly doesn't explain everything, people with money can take advantage of broader social contradictions given the right circumstances. Anyway, the main reason why I'm interested in this topic is because of the links with Ukrainian politics and political groupings
I think we cannot look at Ukrainian politics without looking at Russian politics. Both countries are super connected, their nazis and oligarchs must be studied together. Also the Kremlim politics is super interesting and understanding It is crucial to understand the war. Why the Kremlim tolerated Prigozhin? Thats a great question. Why Prigozhin went against Shoigu but not against Putin? Why has Shoigu been put aside? Why does Malofeev speak wonsers of Putin if he aims for power? Great questions and super interesting, please dont stop digging :)
I agree re. the connections between the countries. It's just all this minutiae and strings-between-names-on-a-board is veering _way_ too close to conspiracism (if not just political drama a la The West Wing).
Don't get me wrong: I'm hardly demanding that my wishes take precedence over every else's. I'm just voicing my discontent.
I understand what you mean, and I also get tired of writing only on this topic as well. I will always make sure that this substack has a variety of content. A wide variety keeps me sane too
Yeah, yeah, following the money's no problem, and your linking of the two countries' politics makes sense and matters for an understanding of where things are now.
EiU, a small ask/advice: new and old readers alike would greatly benefit from having a sort of contents page for your formative series (Minsk, UKR/RU parapolitics, etc.). There are a lot of amazing write-ups here but they are sometimes hard to navigate.
Also small correction: Yevtushenkov was under home arrest for a few months in 2014 but that's it, as far as I know. The case between AFK Systema and Rosneft in 2017 did not lead to his arrest and was resolved "peacefully".
This a great series. I am looking forward to the Next chapters. Specially interested in understanding why the Kremlim allows all of these enemies to stay in relevant positions. My intuition is that Russians leaders want to keep enemies close but surely you can dig seeper on that
Thank you - I'm looking forward to the rest of the series.
Oh yes, Boris Jordan’s Nazi collabo grandpa/papa coming soon!
It's a great story! Did you ever meet anyone from this illustrious family?
Incredible series
>grumble< Too much conspiracism . . . .
I'm sorry to hear that, but hopefully as the series progresses and you read about the more specific events/people involved you'll find it more interesting. Malofeev is a soft of Russian Kolomoisky, he plays a major role in the country's politics, one which is rising in the past few years.
I don't find conspiracism interesting. The kind of Kremlinology focusing on what games rich parasites spend their money on as a proxy for how societies work just doesn't do it for me. I look forward to your other stuff.
Well while it certainly doesn't explain everything, people with money can take advantage of broader social contradictions given the right circumstances. Anyway, the main reason why I'm interested in this topic is because of the links with Ukrainian politics and political groupings
I think we cannot look at Ukrainian politics without looking at Russian politics. Both countries are super connected, their nazis and oligarchs must be studied together. Also the Kremlim politics is super interesting and understanding It is crucial to understand the war. Why the Kremlim tolerated Prigozhin? Thats a great question. Why Prigozhin went against Shoigu but not against Putin? Why has Shoigu been put aside? Why does Malofeev speak wonsers of Putin if he aims for power? Great questions and super interesting, please dont stop digging :)
I agree re. the connections between the countries. It's just all this minutiae and strings-between-names-on-a-board is veering _way_ too close to conspiracism (if not just political drama a la The West Wing).
Don't get me wrong: I'm hardly demanding that my wishes take precedence over every else's. I'm just voicing my discontent.
I understand what you mean, and I also get tired of writing only on this topic as well. I will always make sure that this substack has a variety of content. A wide variety keeps me sane too
Yeah, yeah, following the money's no problem, and your linking of the two countries' politics makes sense and matters for an understanding of where things are now.
Just a little too . . . .
EiU, a small ask/advice: new and old readers alike would greatly benefit from having a sort of contents page for your formative series (Minsk, UKR/RU parapolitics, etc.). There are a lot of amazing write-ups here but they are sometimes hard to navigate.
Also small correction: Yevtushenkov was under home arrest for a few months in 2014 but that's it, as far as I know. The case between AFK Systema and Rosneft in 2017 did not lead to his arrest and was resolved "peacefully".
Sources:
https://www.gazeta.ru/tags/person/vladimir_evtushenkov.shtml
https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2635584
https://www.rbc.ru/business/28/05/2018/5b0a75259a79478a9868937a