A conflict is brewing in the circle of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Failures in the war with Ukraine force the occupiers to invent excuses and look for "shooters".

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, and the founder of the "Wagner" PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, openly accused the leadership of the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Russian Federation of failures.

Putin does not comment on the accusations against Sergei Shoigu and Valery Gerasimov, meanwhile, experts do not rule out changes in the leadership of the Russian army.

TSN.ua gathered details of the conflict in the upper Russian region.

Ramzan Kadyrov

claims that General Oleksandr Lapin, who led the defense, is personally responsible for the escape of Russian troops from the town of Lyman in Donetsk region.

"It's not that Lapin is untalented, it's a shame. It's that he's being covered up by top leaders in the General Staff," he said.

Kadyrov was supported by

Evgeny Prigozhin

:

"Kadyrov's expressive statement is, of course, not at all in my style. But I can say: "Ramzan, handsome, put on the resin". All these slobs - with machine guns, barefoot to the front."

This is not the first time that Kadyrov criticizes the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, and Prigozhin supports him.

For example, on September 24, the head of Chechnya advocated the conscription of 50% of Russian security forces to the front, and the creator of the "Wagner" PMK immediately said that the head of Chechnya was right.

What is behind the "raids" on the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

Analysts at the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) concluded that criticism of partial mobilization and failures at the front are forcing Putin to place responsibility on Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

In particular, Putin by his decree postponed the mobilization of all students, in particular part-time students and master's students, after which he publicly stated that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation did not make timely changes to the regulatory framework regarding mobilization lists.

"This direct

criticism of the Ministry of Defense also applies indirectly to Shoigu, whom Putin seems to hold responsible for the failure of the invasion of Ukraine

," ISW emphasizes.

On October 5, it became known that Putin awarded Kadyrov the rank of colonel general.

Oleksiy Arestovych

, an adviser to the Office of the President of Ukraine

, noted that the Kremlin thereby supported the claims of the head of Chechnya to the General Staff and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

"Putin today awarded Kadyrov the rank of colonel general. You can't imagine a bigger spit in the face of Russian officers, apart from Stalin's repressions, you can't imagine such humiliations. To be honest, I'm interested to see how far the Russian military can go with the GRU behind them , military power, superpowers in war," Arestovych says.

Even collaborators supported the accusations against the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, which may indicate the shakiness of his positions.

In particular, Kherson traitor

 Kyrylo Stryemousov

advised the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation to shoot himself due to military failures.

"Yes, indeed, many say that in the place of the Minister of Defense, who would allow such a state of affairs,

he could simply shoot himself as an officer

. But the word officer is incomprehensible to many," he said.

Russian publicist and sociologist

Andriy Piontkovsky

explains the demarche of Kadyrov and Shoigu as Putin's weakness:

"What Prigozhin and Kadyrov and the animal that has joined them, I will not name otherwise, Colonel General Gurulyov, who growls curses about the destruction of the USA and Great Britain, are creating now, is not a slap -

they are dirty rags in the physiognomy of the chief of the general staff were

beaten

, and it got away with it, because these are the commander-in-chief's favorites. These people

feel that he has weakened, that it's time for them to take the initiative, to remove competitors

."

They will "hang all the dogs" on the military of the Russian Federation, but they can take revenge

In turn, the former deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation,

Gennady Gudkov

, claims that the actions of the leader of Chechnya were approved by the President of the Russian Federation.

"In Russian politics, Kadyrov does not have an independent role, in my opinion - it is zero without a stick. Without Putin's support, he will not live a day... Kadyrov is completely dependent on Putin, he carries out the orders of the Kremlin. He has few talents, but there is one indisputable - is a "peer" for opportunistic schedules. He feels it faster and better, despite the fact that he has no education, upbringing, etc.... Now there is an open quarrel. Of course,

this is an attack on the general staff, the Ministry of Defense, the generals. Their they

are preparing for scapegoats

. I am deeply convinced that

Kadyrov felt that the Kremlin needed it, Putin, maybe the FSB needed it

. Kadyrov is hated by a lot of security forces, so he can't bear the brunt, he needs to get into the mainstream," he says Hudkov.

Military expert

Roman Svitan

believes that "all dogs will be hanged" on the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, but the military may take revenge.

Currently, according to him, Putin "will have to dump the people's anger on someone."

"It was never better than the military - they are speechless, because they perform tasks under oath. They will endure all this, and all the dogs will be hanged on them," he is convinced.

However, according to the expert's forecast,

the response of the military "will be quite tough"

.

"After Russia begins to fall apart, and it really begins to fall apart, the military can be based in one of the federal regions or republics, I think, even in several... This will be a hypothetical "Moscow" - from St. Petersburg to the Urals. There will probably be something like a military junta. After they take power already in this region, they will remember all those who hung dogs on them, and the

return wave will sweep away Kadyrov, Prigozhin, and all those who made the military scapegoats in this war

." - believes Svitan.

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