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Jun 27 • 8 tweets • 2 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
1/ An ongoing corruption scandal over the construction in 2014 of Russia's National Defence Control Centre appears to have reached the senior leadership of the Russian Ministry of Defence. Deputy Defence Minister Ruslan Tsalikov has reportedly been questioned by investigators. ⬇️
2/ The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel reports that according to a source, Tsalikov was detained and questioned on 26 June 2023 over new allegations of embezzlement of funds during the 40 billion ruble ($500m) construction of the NDCC in Moscow.
4/ Major military projects are a magnet for corruption in Russia, due to a lack of transparency and the systemic nature of graft among officials and contractors. Tsalikov in particular has been the focus of suspicions for a long time.
5/ An investigation by Alexei Navalny's team has found that Tsalikov's family owns property worth 4.3 billion rubles ($50.5m). He owns a $41m house in the luxury suburb of Rublyovka. His children, who have no recorded income, own another $9.5m worth of property in Moscow.
7/ Lobuzko also oversaw the construction of the NDCC, and as such would almost certainly know who got payoffs.
8/ VChK-OGPU has previously suggested that Major General Oleg Stepanov, head of the MOD's Department of Military Representation, and former Deputy Minister of Defence Mikhail Mizintsev, who formerly headed the NDCC, would come under scrutiny.
9/ It's unlikely that senior officials would have embezzled without cover from the top, so it was always likely that ministers would also be implicated. As it was also Shoigu's pet project, the investigation may not end with Tsalikov, who is one of Shoigu's long-time allies. /end
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🔹 https://t.co/0SAbHiNCcMt.me/vchkogpu/39566
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Jun 29
1/ Although General Sergey Surovikin's whereabouts are unknown following the Wagner mutiny, it's reportedly not true that he's in Lefortovo Prison or pre-trial detention. However, the general's case probably isn't helped by the claim that he's an honorary Wagner member. ⬇️
2/ The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel reports that sources tell it that Surovikin is not in Lefortovo and that Moscow's courts, pre-detention centre and prisoner convoys have not had any unusual recent activity or "special arrestees".
3/ As for Surovikin's whereabouts, a VChK-OGPU source says: "All we can say with certainty is that Surovikin, and a group of people very close to him, have gone out of touch. For two days, everyone has been unavailable. Including people who have been with him for a long time.
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Jun 28
1/ Mobilised Russians facing the Ukrainian counter-offensive say they were "abandoned like kittens" by their commanders, faced Ukrainian tanks and artillery with light weapons, little ammo and no counter-fire, took heavy casualties, and had no medical evacuations on hand. ⬇️
2/ The "Look out, news" Telegram channel has posted an audio recording of a Russian soldier from the 'Storm' detachment of the 34th Separate Motorised Rifle Brigade. His unit is likely to have recently been redeployed to the Zaporizhzhia front from the left bank of the Dnipro.
3/ The men are likely to have been in the Lobkove-Piatykhatky area, where the Russians recently suffered a heavy defeat. The brigade has been badly mauled before during the fighting north of Kherson in 2022.

In the recording, the unidentified soldier says:
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Jun 28
1/ A new opinion poll in Russia, conducted before the Wagner mutiny, shows nearly equal numbers of Russians wanting to continue the war or start peace negotiations. However, 64% support a fresh attack on Kyiv and 58% believe the war is going well. ⬇️
2/ Pollster Russian Field has conducted the twelfth of a series of telephone surveys of Russian public opinion on the war. It should be noted that such surveys experience a high rate of refusals to participate, not surprisingly given the risks of voicing opinions in Russia.
3/ Key findings from the poll, which was conducted between 16-19 June 2023:

🔺 45% of respondents supported the continuation of the war, while 44% wanted to see peace negotiations.

🔺 If Putin decided to attack Kyiv again, 64% would support it, 23% would not support it.
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Jun 28
1/ Russian sources reportedly say that Sergei Shoigu's plan to defang the Wagner Group failed because he didn't anticipate Yevgeny Prigozhin's personal popularity. Prigozhin had prior knowledge of the moves being made against him, leading to his strike against Rostov-on-Don.
2/ Shoigu is nonetheless said to be unsackable due to knowing too many secrets and having too extensive a network of loyalists to be easily uprooted. Meanwhile, Putin is said to have been in complete confusion and reportedly put the FSB in charge during the mutiny. ⬇️
3/ The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel reports that a source has told it about what happened on the Russian government side immediately before Wagner's mutiny:

"The harbinger of a coup in Russia is always a strengthening of the protection of state institutions.
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Jun 27
1/ A serving FSB officer and two lightly armed furries were among supporters of the Wagner Group who went out with their own weapons on the streets of Moscow on 24 June. All three were arrested before they could join the Wagnerites. ⬇️

2/ The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel reports that Andrei D., a former paratrooper and serving FSB officer, was arrested at Kuznetsky Most metro station in central Moscow on suspicion of supporting the Wagner Group. He was armed with his personal TR9 Paradox hunting carbine.
3/ The 26-year-old was spotted carrying his weapon on the metro and was reported to the police by a Moscow Metro security officer. A social media photo shows him posing with his weapon and a Wagner badge sewn onto his left sleeve.
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Jun 27
1/ Another open-air dungeon used by the Russian army to imprison its own soldiers has been exposed in the occupied Donetsk region. According to a commander, "every unit has one." Although they're illegal, he says "nobody gives a shit, statutes and laws don't apply here." ⬇️
3/ ASTRA has interviewed a Russian commander who is opposed to the use of zindans and has apparently filmed one in the village of Olenivka, south of Donetsk city. He says the zindan is being used to imprison those found guilty of petty offences.
4/ "[They get] a minimum three days of imprisonment and a fine: 25-30 thousand rubles for every day of imprisonment [$293-352]. They use it mainly for drunkenness, for leaving their positions and going to the shops, to the countryside, to visit neighbouring positions.
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