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1/2: #Ukraine: #Russia: Warlords. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute

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🗓️ 3 June 2023

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1/2: #Ukraine: #Russia: Warlords. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/05/31/has-a-succession-struggle-begun-in-russia/

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0:35.0

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0:42.0

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0:46.0

The private army of the Wagner group headed by a man named Pregosan. If we come upon him in the biography, it mentions he's a chef.

0:56.0

If we come upon him in biography deeper back, he's a children's illustrator, is a teacher, but right now he's an outspoken adversary of the Kremlin, especially the army part of the Kremlin.

1:11.0

I welcome Anatol Leven of the Kwenci Institute for Responsible Statecraft to help me understand what looks to be a battle between warlords on the airwaves.

1:21.0

This is unusual. They're not using pistols on each other. They're using the internet, mill bloggers, the television channels around the world, and the future of Russian leadership.

1:33.0

And until a very good evening to you and your colleague, George Beebe, have written a Mr. Pregosan and his unhappiness with the general staff with the leadership in the Kremlin, especially when it comes to the army.

1:47.0

We need to establish some of these personalities. Pregosan has a bald head looks to me like Ernst Blowfeld of Spectre, the famous James Bond enemy.

1:57.0

However, he opposes Shoggo, the defense minister and Gerasimov, the chief of staff of the Russian army.

2:07.0

That would seem to be punching up. Is it true that they command the heights over Pregosan, a mercenary leader? Good evening to you.

2:17.0

Hello, John. Well, it's not entirely clear now who commands the heights.

2:24.0

Because until the Russian invasion of Ukraine, one would have said no question. Shoggo is the defense minister. Gerasimov is the chief of the general staff.

2:38.0

These are the people who have full authority under Putin, of course, everything is under Putin over the armed forces.

2:49.0

But Pregosan has also always been close to Putin. He was criminal. He was in the 1980s.

3:00.0

He was arrested and sentenced several years in jail for robbery and armed assault.

3:06.0

But after being released, he fit in quite well with the general atmosphere of Russia in the 1990s.

3:15.0

He set up a catering firm of all things, which then got a very lucrative government contract to serve the Russian government.

3:23.0

He became known as Putin's chef. Then he branched out from that to create a private military company.

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