Silovik

who really does not have a lot of power in Russia.

He is not a inner member of the Siloviki.

And in that regard, I think he almost realizes what makes him popular, what makes him infamously famous in social media are his bombastic statements.

And yes, Lavrov or more so Putin have not come out and openly condemned what he says.

Those rivalries still exist, and not just between mafia groupings, but between the different sectors of the state.

You know, the Siloviki, um, you know, Putin's, uh, special, uh, forces who protect him, various other security organizations.

You have companies who themselves have small private armies and, you know, large security teams.

Well, as the money runs out, these fights are gonna get more vicious.

This was the first election where the FSB, the notorious Russian domestic security service and successor to the KGB, was kind of co-piloting the election process and was really so much more involved in running domestic politics that at any time before.

So what do you think was the real division of labor between the political bloc of the presidential administration, led by the first deputy chief of staff, Sergei Kirilenko, and the FSB, particularly its second service, the protection of the constitution and the regime? Like, who was actually in charge? And then as the outcome, if you are Putin, Would you give them high marks? And whom you would put in charge of managing political process going forward? The Siloviks, the FSB, or still the civilians?

We can judge him by Putin's recent comments.

He's very much satisfied by the elections, so-called elections, to be honest, at this point.

Right, so...

there is this this deep state tentacle in you know wrapped around germany um and oddly it's the it's ironically it's the left that seems to be going along with the dismantling of german industry uh neoliberal types uh going along you know what you're talking about reminds me of what what there to some degree was going on in post Soviet Russia where Western capitalists were going in and basically trying to strip the country, which is one of the reasons why Putin and his Siloviki rose to power.

Cause they tried to stop this.

They did.