Russia: Sergei “General Armageddon” Surovikin Arrested
June 28th, 2023Via: Al Jazeera:
Russian authorities have reportedly detained General Sergei Surovikin, the deputy commander of Russia’s military operations in Ukraine, amid a reported purge of military officials following the short-lived rebellion by Wagner mercenary forces, according to sources cited by the Moscow Times newspaper and a Russian military blogger.
Surovikin, nicknamed “General Armageddon” by the Russian media for his reputed ruthlessness, is a veteran of Russia’s wars in Chechnya and Syria who has been decorated by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Citing two sources close to Russia’s Defence Ministry, the Russian-language service of The Moscow Times reported on Wednesday that Surovikin was arrested due to what one of the unnamed sources said was choosing Wagner chief Yevgeny “Prigozhin’s side during the uprising”.
When I contemplate (just on its own) that General Surovikin was instrumental in the defeat of the West-sponsored ISIS head-choppers as they were on the cusp of destroying Syria and turning it into a failed state, the likelihood that this is more Neocon BS seems very high.
Some Russian experts (Martyanov, Johnson and Mcgovern) discuss Prigozhin “coup”
https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2023/06/coming-shortly.html
This week, Putin called out the attempted coup, “as a foreign directed insurgency with parallels drawn from the chaotic revolution of 1917.”
In the following article, Matthew Ehret explores the deep history of early 20th century Russia, which bears such great influence on our trajectory today:
https://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/bolshevik-revolution-prighozin/