Thursday, May 25, 2023

Would Putin be replaced by someone worse?

 Yevgeniy Prigozhin is warning of a Russian revolution if Putin doesn't get the entire nation fully committed to the obliteration of Ukraine.  Does that mean nukes?

“We must introduce martial law. We unfortunately … must announce new waves of mobilization; we must put everyone who is capable to work on increasing the production of ammunition,” he said. “Russia needs to live like North Korea for a few years, so to say, close the borders … and work hard.”...“This division might end as in 1917, with a revolution — when first the soldiers rise up, and then their loved ones follow.”

I am hoping Putin is overthrown by forces that want to stop the war, but he could be overthrown by forces that want to escalate the war.  Russia has a very long history of dictatorship oppression.