The thirty-third month of the war begins with the occupation of Selidovo, a drone strike on the Gudermes “special forces university” and the BRICS summit. The elections in Georgia and Moldova show different results, although in both cases these results are relative. The Kremlin empire is weakened, but not yet defeated and threatens to enslave the people. Limitless appetites are spurred by another Putinversteherism on the eve of the US elections.
It is not time to relax
The Russian Defence Ministry recently reported on the capture of the city of Selidovo and the settlement of Gornyak. Now the occupiers have access to Kurakhovo, which in the long term will negatively impact the overall situation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In addition to everything, the hilly Gornyak allowed Ukrainian fighters to monitor the movements of Putin’s horde. Now the task of monitoring the situation is complicated.
On the other hand, the Russian troops are still forced to keep in mind the Kursk region, where, according to Apti Alaudinov, only thanks to Kadyrov’s men the Ukrainians have not yet taken the regional centre. His words are not always to be trusted, although the statements about mass looting by Putin’s fighters are quite plausible. He counted 187 crimes. Obviously, the statistics are incomplete.
Russian drone raids on Ukraine continue. Kyiv has forgotten the last time it woke up without an air raid alarm. Residential buildings again, children’s playgrounds again. The “Russian world” proposed by the Kremlin continues its deadly steps on Ukrainian soil.
In general, it is not time to relax. The empire will not fall by magic, as the elite Russian emigration dreams. But it is possible to destroy it. If the mighty USSR collapsed, what can we say about the bloodthirsty morons of today’s Kremlin?
The Ordinariness of Retribution
The partisans celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Kengir Uprising in style. Putin’s neo-GULAG lost a number of its punishers, including Officer Dmitry Pervukha, who was responsible for the security of the occupiers, and who was blown up in Lugansk. The people’s avengers have called his personal safety into question. Bomber pilot Dmitry Golenkov is no longer on the ground either. Retribution caught up with him in Suponevo, Bryansk Oblast. GRU special forces colonel Nikita Klenkov was liquidated in the Moscow region. Putin’s warriors are gradually being taught that retribution is inevitable.
The arson of military registration and enlistment offices, military airfields, Z -cars has become a common occurrence. The same list includes the offices of United Russia, one of which recently burned in Perm. Street beatings of SVO fans and the Putin regime as a whole have long ceased to surprise anyone. The events in the North Caucasus stand apart, where the anti-imperial resistance is taking on a clearly expressed national liberation character. The National Guard officer killed in Chechnya on 24 October will not allow me to lie. He passed on to the next world after a truck was shot at. Another Putin punisher was wounded during the action.
On 29 October, a UAV strike in Gudermes set fire to the building of the “Russian Putin Special Forces University.” The Khan of Chechnya said the building was empty, but that was not important; the symbol of the empire, the symbol of tyranny and enslavement of peoples, was at the forefront of the attack. A version emerged that Ukraine had nothing to do with it, and the attack was organized by Kadyrov’s personal enemies, who had declared a blood feud against him because of Wildberries. A harbinger of civil war? This version certainly pleases lovers of imperial grandeur.
In any case, it’s a beautiful sight. Today their “alma mater” is burning, and tomorrow the “Putin special forces” themselves will be on fire.
Solidarity does not come from above
The Kazan BRICS summit demonstrated the impossibility of returning to the pre-war reality. There are two options left: either countries and nations bend to the Kremlin, receiving in return a “Russian world” with the dominance of a new type of nomenklatura – or destroy the global axis of evil in the name of freedom, dignity and development. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, having become a disgrace to his beautiful country, is making his way through well-deserved spitting. With his visit to Kazan, he involuntarily made it clear to the world: that a new system of international relations is needed.
The Kremlin has long realized this. Hence the attempts to create an analogue of CMEA through BRICS, only now with an emphasis on non-European countries (with the possible exception of Hungary, Serbia and Slovakia). Tales about de-dollarization are intended to formalize the economic dictate of Beijing and Moscow. The failure is already evident – Indian leader Narendra Modi has severely reprimanded anti-American rhetoric. The Brazilian leadership has spoken out slightly less harshly, but just as clearly. Neither Modi nor Lula can be suspected of pro-Western democracy. But they do not intend to turn their possessions into fiefdoms of the “new USSR”. They are simply sane people.
The summit was held between two significant dates: Remembrance Day on 15 October, when those who died defending Kazan from the troops of Ivan the Terrible are honoured, and Remembrance Day for Victims of Political Repression on 30 October. The twists and turns of the Chekist’s thought are bizarre.
On the eve of the summit, security forces organized a series of raids on Tatar patriots. Even eco-activists were caught in the mix. The goal is clear: during the event, Kazan was supposed to please guests with cemetery tranquility. The All-Tatar Public Center, currently banned in the Russian Federation, has been operating in Turkey for two years. Which did not stop Erdogan from visiting Putin’s Sabantuy. Further proof that the sultans will not help the Turks. Solidarity comes from below, not from above.
The Empire is Coming
Putinists dream of conquering the whole world, but first of all – the republics of the former USSR. The elections in Georgia look like a major success for the red revanchists. The protests against the Georgian Dream are toothless at the moment. However, it is not over yet.
In Moldova, the situation is in favor of the anti-imperialist forces. Maia Sandu has a high chance of winning the second round. High, but not guaranteed. The supporters of EU membership won the referendum, but the margin was less than one percent.
At first glance, Putin’s nomenklatura has nothing to gain in the US: the struggle is between Kamala Harris, who openly supports Ukraine, and the less open Trump, who has expressed his readiness to bomb the centre of Moscow. However, people known for their Putinversteherism and anti-Ukrainian sentiments have gathered around the billionaire. The Kremlin is counting on them.
Putin is quite sincere when he says that it is useless to expect concessions and exchanges from him. But the threats are interspersed with tedious maxims about “negotiations” and “the West’s unwillingness to make peace.” What is this? A dictator’s schizophrenia? It seems even simpler: lulling vigilance. Buying time for a stab in the back. According to the long-standing custom of the ruling regime of the Russian Federation.
Recent events confirm that the empire is going on a new offensive along the perimeter of the post-Soviet borders. Either the monster will eat people, or people will finish off the monster. Just like in the 20th century, ABN drove an aspen stake into the grave of communism. Humanity has experience in destroying the undead.
Fedor Shaporenko
