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TexasTowelie

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Tue Jul 15, 2025, 11:33 AM Tuesday

The Shocking Truth About Russia's Hidden Power Struggle - Jason Jay Smart



A civil war is unfolding inside the Kremlin—one where we only see from afar the smoke rising. It’s happening in silence, inside Putin’s own regime. This video reveals how Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) is quietly overtaking Vladimir Putin’s power structure, pushing aside the military and the elites. As Russian battlefield losses mount and the economy collapses, the real power shift is not happening in Ukraine—but in Moscow’s darkest corridors.

The FSB is no longer just enforcing Putin’s rule—it is becoming the regime as those whom Putin had trusted fail. With secret jails, black-site detentions, mass arrests of generals, and multi-billion dollar asset seizures, the FSB is transforming Russia into a fortress of fear. Military commanders are imprisoned, oligarchs are stripped of their assets, and information control extends beyond Russia’s borders. This is the internal coup Putin can’t stop—and the world can’t afford to ignore.

We break down:
-- FSB-led military purges and general arrests
-- Secret detention centers bypassing Russian courts
-- High-value asset seizures of oligarchs and ex-ministers
-- Shell company auctions under FSB control
-- Deep mafia-state integration and smuggling networks
-- Propaganda pipelines into Europe and the U.S.
-- Wartime profiteering by Kremlin-linked elites
-- Economic collapse driven by internal power struggle

This is no longer Putin’s Russia.
It’s the FSB’s fortress—and it’s cracking.
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The Shocking Truth About Russia's Hidden Power Struggle - Jason Jay Smart (Original Post) TexasTowelie Tuesday OP
Much as I want it to be true, unless this is corroborated elsewhere, it's hard to believe. ancianita Tuesday #1
I also have to ask how your video and the following news reports can both be true at the same time. ancianita Tuesday #2

ancianita

(41,090 posts)
1. Much as I want it to be true, unless this is corroborated elsewhere, it's hard to believe.
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 04:38 PM
Tuesday

Thanks for your faithful posts on all things Ukraine and Russia, TT.

ancianita

(41,090 posts)
2. I also have to ask how your video and the following news reports can both be true at the same time.
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 04:54 PM
Tuesday

Per the video, can the FSB really be taking over while Putin conducts the war against Ukraine?

Per this news report on Putin and the war in Ukraine. https://archive.ph/Gwp12

These reports raise questions: can the two ongoing events be happening in parallel? how can both reports be true?

Somehow I'm suspecting negative news being fed to Western platforms to distract it, and/or make it grow complacent about the Ukraine war and the internal economic/political state of Russia

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