While the WH declined to discuss the new #intelligence, Adrienne Watson, a #NSC spox, said in a stmnt that Sergei #Shoigu, the Russian defense minister, traveled to #NorthKorea… to try to persuade #Pyongyang to sell #ArtilleryAmmunition to #Russia.

“As we have warned publicly, #arms negotiations between Russia & the #DPRK are actively advancing,” she said. “We have information that #KimJongUn expects these discussions to continue, possibly to include high-level diplomatic engagement in Russia.”

Here's my reply to the statement of #LarsvonTrier, that "Russian lives matter also".
Yo, Lars: You should tell this to #Putin, #Shoigu, #Gerasimov and other wankers.
If Russians do not enter #Ukraine as part of an #invasion force, they are pretty safe (apart from the lowly life expectancy and rampant crime in #Russia, that is) and their lives are not at risk.
You know, invading other countries comes at a price.

Sorry to say so: Von Trier is an utter idiot.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/aug/25/lars-von-trier-defends-russian-lives-matter-also-comment

@m0xee

Did you see a reaction from the #fsb on the airplane crash? to me it seems likely to be just a revenge for embarrassing #Shoigu and his buddies.

Prigozhin and Putin seems to be reaching a standoff again. Neither Putin nor Lukashenko wants to fund Wagner. No information is available on Lukashenko's take on this. There is also a rumour that Putin wants Shoigu to take over the lucrative African military operations currently assigned to Wagner.

https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/europe/2023/08/10/wagner-mercenaries-return-to-russia-as-belarus-deal-collapses/
#wagner #russia #lukashenko #putin #shoigu #prigozhin

New Vatnik talking points dropped:

- #Girkin is evil now. #FSB and #Shoigu still the best.
- #Africa needs to be decolonized again! #Prigozhin is back to being a hero and will do it.

Please immediately adjust your own opinions accordingly!

This twitter thread by @ChrisO_wiki doesn't seem to have made it to Mastodon. He notes that #Shoigu still remains in one piece, and that he has a lot of connections. If he has any sense he'll swap being a courtier for becoming a baron, get himself made Governor of #Tuva and wait for the inevitable collapse of Russia.

https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1673963225845493764

#Putin replaces #Shoigu with #Seagal.

If it were true, this would be the most hilariously #Russian thing to happen this whole Thursday!

https://twitter.com/KianSharifi/status/1673724055864705024

President Putin's ex-bodyguard is a potential candidate to replace Russia's defence minister Sergei Shoigu. This comes after Wagner mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin demanded the ouster of Shoigu. But who is Aleksey Dyumin ? Watch this video to know more.
#Putin #WagnerChiefPrigozhin #Demand #President #Ex #Bodyguard #Race #Shoigu
https://www.hindustantimes.com/videos/world-news/putin-accepts-wagner-chief-prigozhins-demand-presidents-ex-bodyguard-in-race-to-replace-shoigu-101687916458284.html

Referring to #Wagner’s brief seizure of the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on Saturday, #Lukashenko said, according to state media: “It was painful to watch the events that took place in the south of Russia. Not only for me. Many of our citizens took them to heart because the Fatherland is one.”

He also indicated that he was motivated to intervene in the mutiny because “if #Russia collapses, we will remain under the rubble — we will all die.”

#Prigozhin #Shoigu #Ukraine #Putin #Belarus

Speaking at a ceremony honoring military officers in Minsk, the Belarusian capital, #Lukashenko said that “two people who fought at the front collided,” an apparent reference to #Prigozhin & #Shoigu. For months, the #Wagner leader has launched profane verbal tirades against #Russia’s military leaders over their conduct of the #Ukraine war, often singling out Shoigu by name.

- Valerie Hopkins
#Putin #Belarus
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/27/world/russia-ukraine-news#days-after-the-mutiny-lukashenko-offers-some-rare-criticism-of-putin

Russia's minister stands
In the wake of a rebellion
Putin is unshaken

#russia #putin #shoigu #wagner #haiku #poetry

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-defense-minister-shoigu-wagner-rebellion-putin-prigozhin-rcna91084

„Krumme Psycho“ #putin #prigoschin #shoigu #russland https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/wagner-aufstand-in-russland-ich-denke-nicht-dass-es-prigoschins-ziel-war-putin-zu-stuerzen-a-d614f023-13ca-4781-a778-4d56ce374bcb?sara_ref=re-so-app-sh

Warum wird in den Medien fast ausschließlich das Framing “Gescheiterter #Wagner-Aufstand" gesetzt.

Könnte es nicht vielmehr so sein, dass #Prigoschin seine Ziele erreicht hat? #Putin und #Shoigu schwach aussehen zu lassen? Auszutesten wer zu Putin hält und wer nicht? Aus der Zone der #Ukraine rauszukommen, wo es kein Ruhm mehr zu ernten ist? Seine Schäfchen in Weißrussland ins Trockene zu bringen? Vielleicht sogar im Worst-Case ein zweiten Vorstoß von Nord/West vorzubereiten?

Dass Shoigu ganz selbstverständlich als VERTEIDIGUNGS-Minister bezeichnet wird, ist irgendwie schon auch der blanke Hohn. 'Kriegsminister' wäre korrekt - und ich würde mir wünschen, dass unsere großartigen Medien vielleichgt mal darüber nachdenken. Im gleichen Atemzug wäre es ebenfalls angebrachter Putin durchgängig als russischen Diktator und nicht als Präsidenten zu bezeichnen.
Wenn Worte Gedanken erzeugen, dann sollten die Worte auch zutreffend/passend sein. #shoigu #putin #ukrainekrieg #medienkrise @spiegel @daserste @ZDF @sz @FAZ

#Russia's Defense Minister #Shoigu made his first public appearance since #Prigozhin's rebellion.

It is alleged that Shoigu visited the command post of one of the associations of the Western group of invaders. #press

And some wondered aloud why much of #Russia’s leadership was being neither seen nor heard.

Aside from #Putin, neither Sergei K. #Shoigu, the minister of #defense, nor Valery V. #Gerasimov, the #military chief of staff, hadput in a #public appearance since the uprising #started on Friday night. Many heads of the country’s security services #FSB also proved invisible.

#Prigozhin

My question is, what did #Putin and #Lukashenko offer #Prigozhin in return, or threaten him with? Amnesty for him and his troops doesn't seem like nearly enough. Did they threaten significantly harsher scorched earth tactics? Did they offer him money? Will they fire #Shoigu?

#Russia #coup #PrigozhinCoup

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/24/1184161169/russia-wagner-putin-analysis-prigozhin

Mutiny exposes chinks in Putin’s armoured regime - The Hindu

>Mr. Prigozhin, [..] demanded the dismissal of Russia’s military leadership, particularly Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and the Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov, who is also the commander of the “special military operation”
https://archive.fo/2023.06.25-094154/https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/mutiny-exposes-chinks-in-putins-armoured-regime/article67007866.ece #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar #Ukraine #Prighozin #PrighozinCoup #Shoigu #Gerasimov

Minister #Shoigu has not yet spoken about the military rebellion in #Russia. Nothing is known about his whereabouts. #press

RT @NormanHermant@twitter.com

Astonishing. Wake up to find a deal has been struck in #Russia.

‘Brokered’ by #Lukashenko; #Prigozhin will have amnesty in #Belarus & #Wagner will return to barracks.

What this means for military leaders #Gerasimov & #Shoigu unclear.

#Putin survives. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-24/live-wanger-mercenaries-russia-rostov-yevgeny-prigozhin-mutiny/102519712

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NormanHermant/status/1672752610292686848