WORLD WORLDWIDE EUROPE RUSSIA News Journal Update - (en) Russia, avtonom: Putin's Sunset: Trends in Order and Chaos, Episode 114 (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 In the style of Rambo ---- The rapid capture of Rostov-on-Don and the

throw of columns of military equipment to Moscow remain the main event
of the Russian summer. Three weeks have passed since the PMC rebellion,
and some conclusions can be drawn. The events around Prigozhin are
developing as strangely as possible, significantly changing the very
structure of power in Russia. ---- In the liberal media, "Wagner" is
called the "army of criminals", which is not true. This is a structure
created by people from the official Russian army, the best combat
personnel from there. Structure with medieval notions of good and evil,
where the shogun's word is decisive.
Those who fought with Wagner in Syria are referred to there as the
"base" - a clear reference to the environment of football hooligans.
Since the time of Syria, the conflict between the Wagnerites and the
official military has also been developing: at least according to
Prigogine's version, the main successes in the fight against ISIS were
made by the forces of PMCs, and army generals received orders for this.

An interesting remark by Lukashenka, who negotiated with Prigozhin
during the rebellion. According to the Belarusian dictator, Prigozhin,
when deciding on a riot, was under the great influence of PMC commanders.

More than ten years ago, the author of this issue had a chance to study
in detail the so-called "Kvachkov rebellion". After the failed
assassination attempt on Chubais, retired colonel Kvachkov met
throughout the country with elderly military men, also mostly retired,
and urged them to seize power.

The FSB tracked these meetings, a criminal case was opened against
Kvachkov for preparing a rebellion, he has already served time. While
the investigation and trial were going on - in the early 2010s,
political criminal cases could be counted on the fingers, and not, as
now, hundreds - the attention of journalists was riveted to the story of
Kvachkov.

The reasoning of military pensioners about the capture of the Kremlin -
yes, there were. On the other hand, what kind of rebellion are these
grandfathers? They would have had the strength to weed a garden bed with
cucumbers, and in general to get from the train to the dacha in the
summer heat.

But Kvachkov cannot be said to be a city madman. He went through half a
dozen wars. And in many ways it looks like Utkin, a special forces
soldier and veteran of many wars: the PMC is called "Wagner" after his
call sign. Utkin is younger than Kvachkov, and if Kvachkov is an
anti-Semite and a monarchist, Utkin is an open Nazi.

The Prigozhin rebellion went surprisingly well according to the plans
that Kvachkov hatched in 2010: blocking military units, throwing
military columns to Moscow ... Utkin turned out to have quite enough
resources for this.

Perhaps Prigozhin's rebellion is not a well-thought-out political game,
but an act of people who see the world in the spirit of the epic film
about Rambo, unexpected for the Kremlin.

Power goes into shadow
These - perhaps accidental - events had a powerful impact on the
structure of the Russian government, destroyed the myth of Putin's
vertical. Putin publicly declared the actions of PMCs a rebellion, but
the criminal case was closed with surprising wording. Nobody was charged
damages for the destruction in Rostov-on-Don, Voronezh and other cities.
Nobody was responsible for the destruction of six helicopters and one
plane of the Russian army, as well as the death of their crews.

It seems that General Surovikin has been arrested, but this has not been
officially confirmed. And if so, this is the most strange story.
Surovikin was one of the first to release a video calling on the Wagner
fighters to stop the rebellion. Surovikin is a very popular general in
the army, who seems to know his stuff. The defensive positions of the RF
Armed Forces, which the Ukrainian army is now trying to push through
with great efforts, were prepared precisely by Surovikin.

Military equipment and ammunition seemed to have been taken away from
the Wagner. The well-known military commissar Kots claims that thousands
of tons of ammunition, that is, millions of grenades, mines, cartridges
and shells, were confiscated from Prigogine residents. How then to
understand the statements of Prigozhin that the Ministry of Defense cut
off the supply of "Wagner" is unclear.

The transfer of Wagner to Lukashenka is an amazing decision in itself,
but it is not yet clear to what extent it has been implemented.
Prigozhin appears to be in Russia.

Another amazing story is the meeting of Wagner commanders in the Kremlin
with Putin. And then - Putin's discouraged comment to "Kommersant": they
say, I tried to talk with the commanders of "Wagner", and Prigozhin
contradicted me. Also, in a commentary to Kommersant, Putin suddenly
remembered that the structure that almost seized power in the country,
and with which he is forced to talk in the Kremlin, does not actually
exist from the point of view of Russian legislation.

Against this background, smaller plots are developing: State Duma
deputy, United Russia party Gurulev leaks to the network an audio
recording of the story of Major General Popov, who was removed from
command, in which the general bonfires the General Staff. After that,
the secretary of the General Council of United Russia, Turchak, publicly
scolds Gurulev that he leaked a non-public record to the media ...

That is, who is friends with whom and against whom, who makes decisions
in the Kremlin and around - it is not clear from the outside. Here I
would like to write about the imminent collapse of the regime, but let's
not rejoice prematurely. The ruble has noticeably weakened, but the
economy is quite alive. Rather, while a couple of ceilings flew off in a
rotten hut, but the hut itself survived.

Some new configuration of the current system of power will soon emerge.
What kind of configuration it will be - we'll see.

For now, it's time to act. One can't help but rejoice that almost every
day people send information about their initiatives to the bot of the
Autonomous Action telegram channel: someone in the relocation arranges
pickets, someone sticks stickers in Russia, someone helps political
prisoners, arranges events ... It turns out that even now it is possible
to organize a lecture on anti-militarist movements in the center of Moscow!

And the more active the Russians and the relocators are, the more likely
the era of Putin's waning days will be arranged.

War and nation states
The Ukrainian offensive is underway, but so far with very modest
results. Both Russian and Ukrainian troops are suffering serious losses,
but the front line is not moving much. The question to which the answer
is not yet visible from the Russian information bubble is how tired
Ukrainians are from the war? What sacrifices are they willing to make to
regain the 1991 borders?

On February 24, 2022, Russian anarchists - including under the influence
of our comrades who at that time were in exile in Ukraine - supported
the Ukrainian side in this war. But for us it has always been the choice
of the lesser evil. We are disgusted by the Russian quasi-empire, but
also unsympathetic to the Ukrainian national state.

In Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk - whether they remain part of Russia or
Ukraine - one can expect partisanship and vendetta for decades to come.
Because some people from Lugansk, Donetsk and Crimea support Russia,
others support Ukraine. And those who will be in power will spread rot
on the losers.

Taking these regions away from Russia is important to show that in the
modern world it is not worthwhile to move borders with the help of the
army. But perhaps it's a good idea not to give them, at least
immediately, to Ukraine, but to introduce some kind of international
control over the situation there.

We, as anarchists, are generally unsympathetic to states, and if people
kill each other because of them, all the more so we need to ignore them,
build life through communication between people and their communities,
and not white-blue-red and yellow-blue flags.

Well, that's all for today! We remind you that in "Trends of Order and
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Issue prepared by Leaves

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