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Jul 4 • 4 tweets • 2 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
1/ Sales of Wagner merchandise appear to have collapsed in Russia. In March 2023, many online retailers were selling all kinds of Wagner merchandise, including keyrings, sweatshirts, patches, flags, mugs, souvenir sledgehammers and carved backgammon sets. They're all gone now. ⬇️
2/ Four months ago I reported that there was a boom in Wagner Group-related merchandise on , Russia's equivalent of eBay. At the time, Wagner's head Yevgeny Prigozhin was reportedly the second most popular man in Russia.
https://t.co/UNm8OqNguvAvito.ru
3/ Prigozhin's mutiny appears to have made Wagner-related merchandise about as popular as souvenirs from Chernobyl. A handful of Wagner-related patches are still on sale on Avito, but not much else. All Wagner vacancy ads appear to have been nuked from Avito.
4/ It was never quite clear whether the merchandise was officially sanctioned by Wagner, but it's evident that whether official or not, it's now regarded as too hot to handle. /end

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Jul 6
1/ Military recruitment in Russia's prisons is reported to have slumped following the failure of the Wagner Group's mutiny. Prisoners rioted in support of Yevgeny Prigozhin during the mutiny, but are now 'apathetic' and regard him as a traitor. ⬇️
2/ Olga Romanova, the head of the 'Russia Behind Bars' prisoners' rights group, says that prisoners are now feeling "depressed" and there has been a profound loss of faith in both Prigozhin and the Russian Ministry of Defence.
3/ Prior to January 2023, the Wagner Group recruited tens of thousands of convicts from prison colonies across Russia, with Prigozhin – himself a former convict – personally travelling to prisons on recruitment visits. He was reportedly a highly effective recruiter.
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Jul 6
1/ Yevgeny Prigozhin reportedly claims that Russian security forces stole valuable items and money from his house, and that he's recorded the thefts on hidden networked cameras. He is said to be planning to reveal the footage soon. ⬇️
2/ Pictures from the search were published yesterday, showing gold bars, stacks of cash and a fine collection of wigs. However, the VChK-OGPU Telegram channel reports, some of the finds 'stuck' to the fingers of the searchers.
3/ A VChK-OGPU source says that "in the near future Prigozhin plans to announce that during the search of his personal property law enforcers stole valuable items and money. This was allegedly caught on hidden surveillance camera footage, which went unnoticed."
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Jul 5
1/ The missing General Surovikin is still missing, and has now missed his wife's birthday. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu is reportedly personally overseeing the investigation into Surovikin, who is being impersonated online by scammers and possible Ukrainian operatives. ⬇️
2/ The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel reports that General Sergei Surovikin, the head of the Russian Air Force, has still not re-emerged from wherever he is being held. He did not turn up for his wife Anna's birthday on 4 July. The signs reportedly don't look good for the general.
3/ According to a VChK-OGPU source, "Anna and other family members stopped communicating even with the general's very close friends and colleagues, which ... indicates that things are not going well for Surovikin so far.
Read 12 tweets
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Jul 5
1/ Plans to transfer the Russian Interior Ministry's GROM special forces unit to an expanded Russian National Guard (Rosgvardiya) are causing discontent. A commentary sheds an interesting light on the Rosgvardiya's organisational problems. ⬇️
2/ A guest post on the Russian "Two Majors" Telegram channel describes the experiences of a former member of SOBR, the police special forces, which were transferred to the Rosgvardiya on its creation in 2016. He says it didn't go well.
3/ "When the Rosgvardiya came, we were immediately promised a mountain of gold, namely military mortgages, social packages, apartments and various benefits.
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Jul 4
1/ Colleges in the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia are issuing diplomas only if the students accept a mobilisation order at the same time. If they refuse, they face being imprisoned for up to two years. ⬇️
2/ The Ingush news website Fortanga reports that students are being forced to go in person to receive their diplomas. They are immediately being handed a summons for mobilisation, in front of witnesses, and have to decide whether to accept it. Their decision is recorded.
3/ If they refuse the summons, they face a 200,000 ruble fine, forced labour, arrest or imprisonment for up to two years.

As a source tells Fortanga: "To get a diploma, you have to sign a summons to the army. Otherwise, you don't get a diploma in any way.
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Jul 3
1/ The Russian mafia has become a silent partner in Russia's war effort, in another indication of how close the state and the criminal underworld have become. An analysis shows how high-profile gangsters have fought and in some cases died in Ukraine. ⬇️
2/ The independent Russian media outlet Polygon Media reports that senior figures among Russia's vory – its criminal elite – have lent their support to Russia's war in Ukraine. This is a major change in attitude for the vory, who are traditionally anti-authority.
3/ Influential members – 'authorities' – of at least 10 criminal gangs have died in the war, as this map shows. They include men who have been convicted of robbery, extortion and murder, and in some cases were serving decades-long prison sentences.
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