Military expert Oleg Zhdanov believes that the appointment of General Lapin, who is criticized by Kadyrov, as the chief of the main staff of the Russian Land Forces indicates that Putin has stopped listening to Chechnya's Gauleiter. 

Military expert Oleg Zhdanov said this in an interview with TSN.ua

"Kadyrov called Lapin untalented. And who is he? A specialist, a field commander? He did not graduate from any military institution. The only thing he understands at the operational-tactical level is conducting combat operations as part of illegal armed formations. Lapin did graduate from the Academy of the General Staff , he has a military education and he understands military affairs. It's just that they don't put the district commander anywhere. We also don't appoint operational command from the street. He is from Shoigu's or Gerasimov's circle. And they attract loyal people from their team. And Lapin is not the dumbest This emphasizes the fact that Kadyrov's words have no political weight, because such appointments are not made by Shoigu, but by Putin. Putin is trying to balance what he has unbalanced and wants to restore the balance between the clans," Zhdanov said. 

It will be recalled that Colonel-General Oleksandr Lapin, who was criticized in Russia for failures at the front, was appointed chief of the main staff of the Ground Forces of the Russian Federation. 

Military expert Oleksandr Kovalenko believes that the new appointments reveal an unpleasant trend for the Prigozhin-Surovikin-Kadyrov trio.

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