In Moscow's Shadows 160: Kursk as Political Actor and Allegory

In Moscow's Shadows

As Ukraine's Kursk incursion rumbles on, what does it tell us about the political processes in Russia behind the warfighting? From how Russians really aren't apathetic and however low their expectations of their government may be, and do have a breaking point, to how Putin depends on and betrays his men on the spot, rumination about some wider developments and an historical parallel with the Time of Troubles....

The Andras Toth-Cifra piece on governors I mentioned is here, the FreshLabs findings are here.

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