Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ Russia is reportedly preparing to carry out a "sanitisation of the state" to purge "officials, military personnel, and members of the media and public" who are suspected of undermining the war against Ukraine. ⬇️

2/ The Russian journalist and warblogger Anastasia Kashevarova reports that a purge is being prepared against numerous individuals. As well as officials and soldiers, it seems likely from what she says that various warbloggers will also face prison or being sent to the front:

3/ "According to my information, our security forces/intelligence agencies are monitoring approximately 70-80 cases.

4/ "The legal charges against these individuals include: false or distorted information about the state of affairs at the front/economic level, discrediting the armed forces (real discrediting, meaning deliberate lies and fabrications), theft of humanitarian aid,…

5/ …embezzlement/misappropriation of funds collected from individuals, various fraudulent schemes involving aid to the SVO [Special Military Operation], and the public release of military personnel and unit data.

6/ "There are also more serious offences: working for the enemy under the guise of aid to the SVO and a pseudo-patriotic agenda.

7/ "Security forces have been instructed to strictly clean up corruption both in the regions and at the federal level. Hundreds of officials—vice governors, ministers, department heads—are under investigation and have been convicted.

8/ "Hundreds of military personnel—generals, colonels, and majors—have also been convicted. The fight against embezzlers and traitors is underway at all levels. It's being waged both openly and behind the scenes.

9/ "Stealing from the state during wartime is unforgivable. All cases that had previously been kept quiet have begun to be reopened.

10/ "Naturally, such a purge will, and has already, impacted the public and media sector of the SVO. Sending someone to the SVO or labeling them a foreign agent won't end the matter. Everything is moving toward gradually curbing unruly behavior everywhere.

11/ "The security forces have a difficult job right now. There are few of them, and the SVO has exposed and continues to expose more and more schemers who are profiting from the Motherland.

12/ "However, there is one point that cannot be overlooked in our imperfect system: security forces, which have been given carte blanche to fight corruption, treason, betrayal and theft, must not become a tool in the hands of those who are themselves corrupt.

13/ "The war between the power structures and the cleansing of the country and society of real criminals and saboteurs must not turn into a witch hunt against inconvenient but true patriots who expose loopholes created by someone very high up.

14/ "But I think that the President will not allow the cleansing of the state of criminal and hostile elements to turn into a ‘witch hunt’." /end

Source:
t.me/akashevarova/8…