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Two sources said that Deputy Defense Minister for Finance Tatyana Shevtsova was summoned for questioning. She is a witness in the case of Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov. The security forces are also interested in the testimony of First Deputy Defense Minister Ruslan Tsalikov. The First Deputy Minister of Defense will not move to work in the Security Council apparatus. there is a high probability that Tsalikov will go to work in private business. The source says that Deputy Defense Minister Krivoruchko will soon move to work in the defense industry. Subscribe.

The resignation of Nikolai Patrushev on the eve of President Putin’s visit to China was a sign for Beijing that the Russian security forces have no complaints about “China’s espionage activities.” Previously, it was Patrushev who repeatedly warned at meetings about the intensification of Chinese espionage activities in the Russian defense and scientific complex. In addition, Beijing suspected that Patrushev was too closely connected with contacts with the United States. And that Patrushev, as Secretary of the Security Council, interfered with the activities of the Chinese company Huawei and TikTok. Patrushev's resignation was too clear a signal that Moscow has no complaints against Beijing. And nothing should overshadow these relationships. Patrushev's resignation repeats the historical fact when Stalin fired his minister Litvinov to demonstrate cooperation with Germany on the eve of the Second World War. Former Security Secretary Patrushev will now be in charge of shipbuilding for Putin and will be forced to contact the Chinese. Subscribe.

The last point that led to a breakdown in trust between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was telephone conversations with the French Defense Minister in April of this year. Then Shoigu, without Putin’s sanction, officially announced that Russia was ready for dialogue on Ukraine, the starting points could be based on the “Istanbul Peace Initiative”. After this, the Kremlin rejected and returned to Shoigu’s initiative several times. “A serious discussion apparently arose in the Kremlin about the prospects for military action.” Later, on the night of May 1, Defense Minister Shoigu went to the headquarters of the military operation and publicly announced problems with the supply of weapons to the front and the repair of equipment. This statement looked unusual against the backdrop of celebratory reports from the military-industrial complex and Dmitry Medvedev, who is responsible for arms supplies. Earlier on April 23, during Shoigu’s business trip to Arkhangelsk, the special services arrested Shoigu’s friend and deputy Timur Ivanov; he was accused of corruption, receiving services and patronizing business. Another friend of Shoigu, his first deputy, General Tsalikov, came under investigation. Shoigu’s team reacted extremely negatively to the actions of the secret police. Shoigu himself tried to meet with Putin. And at the meeting I received an offer to resign. Putin later appointed him Secretary of the Security Council instead of Nikolai Patrushev, who did not agree with the resignations and reforms in the Ministry of Defense. Patrushev was also blamed for poor coordination of security forces in the Crocus story. Patrushev was also likely removed from contacts with US national security officials. Putin also deprived Dmitry Medvedev of the leadership of the Military-Industrial Commission, admitting that his deputy had failed to organize the required volumes of military equipment, finance and control the defense order. Dmitry Medvedev has recently been in conflict with Rostec and the military-industrial complex, and has been trying to build a working relationship with Alexei Dyumin as a counterweight to Chemezov’s coalition. Subscribe.

Kremlin sources believe that Putin chooses who will become prime minister - Mikhail Mishustin or Sergei Tsivilev. Mishustina is actively lobbying the Kovalchuk and Tsivilev-Timchenko clans.

“Their chances are approximately equal, so Putin is holding a pause.”

A source close to the governor of Kuzbass knows that Tsivilev made it clear to his entourage about moving to Moscow. However, we can talk about the position of the Minister of Industry or the head of a railway corporation. Tsivilev is a very close person to Putin; his wife heads the Fund for Assistance to Participants in the Military Operation. Subscribe.

Three different sources say the harsh measures taken by Russian authorities against Tajik nationals are related to a directive from the Russian Security Council.

"The Russian special services have several times requested their Tajik counterparts regarding terrorist activities on Russian territory, each time receiving formal answers and assurances that no data is available. The Russian side has serious reasons to believe that Tajikistan has neglected and ignored the requests. This has angered the Russian security services”.

The terrorist attack at the Crocus City concert hall resulted in numerous casualties. The terrorists turned out to be Tajik nationals. Tajikistan unexpectedly sent a negative note of protest to the Russian Foreign Ministry, accusing Russia of artificially organized discrimination against Tajik citizens in Russia. The Russian Foreign Minister, Mr. Lavrov, in a conversation with his Tajik counterpart, Mr. Sirodjiddin Mukhriddin, said that the thorough checks of foreign citizens entering Russia were a temporary measure taken after the terrorist attack in Crocus. However, the source believes that the problem with the entry of Tajik citizens into Russia will not be solved quickly.

"Russia no longer trusts its partners from Tajikistan. And when this trust will be restored is unknown”.

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A member of the Azerbaijani delegation at the negotiations between the President of Azerbaijan, Mr. Aliyev, and the Federal Chancellor of Germany, Mr. Scholz, said that the parties discussed the situation in Ukraine.

“Aliyev conveyed to Scholz the words of Russian President Putin. The President of Azerbaijan met with Putin four days ago. It was not a verbal message, but these were words personally for Scholz."

According to a member of the Azerbaijani delegation,

“Baku is interested in Germany’s participation in resolving the conflict with Armenia. Germany is closer than France's hostility."

Russia is also not against German participation in resolving problems in the Transcaucasus, but

“Putin no longer trusts Mr. Scholz and Mr. Macron.”

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Several sources close to the Russian Defense Ministry say that by the end of the week the ministry's board may issue a special statement on the case of Mr. Timur Ivanov, deputy defense minister.

"There is an initiative to make a public statement and demand that the investigation be handed over to military investigators and military prosecutors."

A source in the Russian military confirms that Mr. Ivanov was detained outside the Defense Ministry's headquarters and that no one was privy to the plans for his arrest.

"The arrest action has actually completely blocked all ministry activities related to the construction of military facilities, the operation of hospitals and the financing of special programs. The military ministry is perplexed and angry about Mr. Ivanov's arrest."

Mr. Shoigu, Russia's Defense Minister, has preferred to keep quiet and not make statements these days; he was on a business trip to Arkhangelsk and returned to Moscow yesterday.

Several sources say Mr. Shoigu went to talk to Mr. Putin and "was very annoyed."

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A military source said the Kremlin is wary of France's decision to send troops to Ukraine.

“The Kremlin is not ready for escalation and direct conflict with Europe. The appearance of military contingents of European countries in Ukraine could seriously change the situation and freeze the conflict,” says a military source.

Russia is not capable of introducing an open conflict with the West; the only way to get out of it is to use nuclear weapons, but Russia is not ready for such a scenario.”

The deployment of European military contingents to Ukraine could change the nature of the war. But at the same time, it does not guarantee the future fate of President Zelensky as the head of Ukraine.

“The entire configuration around the conflict will change.”

It is known that Zelensky’s entourage and British politicians oppose the introduction of foreign troops, betting on the continuation of the conflict with Russia. Subscribe.

Putin's meeting with his niece and head of the Defenders of the Fatherland Foundation Anna Tsivileva may be a signal that her husband, Kuzbass Governor Sergei Tsivilev, may become head of the Russian government.

"Putin met with Anna on the eve of Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin's report. This is too revealing for Putin and a bad sign for Mishustin."

Former partner of oligarch Timchenko and relative of Putin, Governor of the Kemerovo region Sergei Tsivilev, was named the main candidate for the post of head of the Russian Government. Later, Kremlin and government officials made it clear that current Prime Minister Mishustin would remain. But Putin himself says that he did not make a decision on the Government. Subscribe.

A source close to the security forces said that the Kremlin sanctioned leaks about the harsh treatment of participants in the terrorist attack in the Crocus Hall concert hall.

"The Russian government is demonstrating that it will ruthlessly deal with terrorists."

A number of lawyers associated with Russian security forces said that the law does not apply to terrorists and saboteurs.

“Torture is officially legalized; legal defense will not be provided, and the evidence will be the confessions of terrorists,” says a Moscow lawyer.

FSB officers have been ordered to be ruthless with terrorists. Today, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that all participants in the terrorist attack in Moscow must be killed. Human rights activists are confident that those accused of terrorism will not live long in a Russian prison - “I will kill them in no more than a year.” The Russian legal system no longer exists - lawyers refuse to participate in cases handled by the FSB; judges under the control of the secret police.

“If you are a terrorist or saboteur, you are absolutely evil. They will beat you, torture you, mock you. There is no hope of surviving.”

President Putin authorized harsh punishments for the sake of stability.

“Now death and horror threaten anyone who goes against the government and its stability.”

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