What is the Russian "Party of War" like?
Who are the hawks of Russian elite and why do they push for more escalation? What motives them?
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Who are the hawks of Russian elite and why do they push for more escalation? What motives them?
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Russian elite could be divided into three groups: the largest group "party of silence", a tiny "party of peace" - a number of Yeltsin-era oligarchs like Roman Abramovich, Oleg Deripaska, Mikhail Fridman and Vladimir Lisin and the most visible "party of war"
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Key figures of the party of war are: Ramzan #Kadyrov, Dmitry #Medvedev, Vyacheslav #Volodin, Dmitry #Rogozin, Andrey #Turchak, Alexei #Gromov and a few other.
This groups has no hierarchy, they are often act
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This groups has no hierarchy, they are often act
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autonomously and at times are in conflict with each other; but they all push the same message and want to be heard by key listener - Vladimir Putin.
All of them have reached ceiling in their careers; they stopped climbing the ladder at some point and moved only horizontally.
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All of them have reached ceiling in their careers; they stopped climbing the ladder at some point and moved only horizontally.
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But they all have ambition to move further up, they have "nothing to lose" but only to gain from this war.
If war escalates, Putin will need to rely on them to help manage the system;
If the war stops because Russian army can't move further they won't suffer either;
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If war escalates, Putin will need to rely on them to help manage the system;
If the war stops because Russian army can't move further they won't suffer either;
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What is even more interesting - even if Putin dies tomorrow - Russian "Party of War" will have a chance to move up and gain from the moment. They can't lose.
What are their individual interest and motivations?
Read this Andrey Pertsev for @RiddleRussia
ridl.io/en/what-is-the…
What are their individual interest and motivations?
Read this Andrey Pertsev for @RiddleRussia
ridl.io/en/what-is-the…
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