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Seeing some weirdness about the potential that Putin is dead. Apparently there was some broadcast just playing Swan Lake which is a "the king is dead" type signal and I've seen many people saying that the Putin new year's address is AI.
Nothing substantial yet of course and I doubt anything would be easy to verify if there was something more.
Any of our experts have any further information on this?
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Willfully optimistic new year slopes I would guess
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Hoo boy. Russian soldiers waking up to letters stating that all contract payments have ceased as of 1 January due to a lack of funding. All Russian soldiers on the front, and possibly everywhere, will only receive basic conscript pay. All sign-up bonuses appear to have been terminated. They're now asking about the bonuses for their families if they are killed, and there isn't a straight answer.
Some officers apparently learned about this 2-3 weeks ago and have asked about reinforcements, some sectors are extremely undermanned. A "shadow mobilisation" has been promised, to raise additional conscripts for the front. But a lot of Russians are freaking out about this, all pay incentives to join the military and basically die have ended, the prisons are as drained as they can be.
I suspect they'll either back down on this fast, or will pivot to one of Trump's more Russia-friendly peace deals.
Some officers apparently learned about this 2-3 weeks ago and have asked about reinforcements, some sectors are extremely undermanned. A "shadow mobilisation" has been promised, to raise additional conscripts for the front. But a lot of Russians are freaking out about this, all pay incentives to join the military and basically die have ended, the prisons are as drained as they can be.
I suspect they'll either back down on this fast, or will pivot to one of Trump's more Russia-friendly peace deals.
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