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Related: About this forumThe Shocking Truth About Russia's Hidden Power Struggle - Jason Jay Smart
A civil war is unfolding inside the Kremlinone where we only see from afar the smoke rising. Its happening in silence, inside Putins own regime. This video reveals how Russias Federal Security Service (FSB) is quietly overtaking Vladimir Putins 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 Ukrainebut in Moscows darkest corridors.
The FSB is no longer just enforcing Putins ruleit 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 Russias borders. This is the internal coup Putin cant stopand the world cant 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 Putins Russia.
Its the FSBs fortressand its cracking.
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The Shocking Truth About Russia's Hidden Power Struggle - Jason Jay Smart (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
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ancianita
(41,090 posts)1. Much as I want it to be true, unless this is corroborated elsewhere, it's hard to believe.
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.
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