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Signs of a top-rank military purge in Russia
[Asia Times] The worm turns in the still uncertain aftermath of the Wagner Group rebellion against Russia’s top brassCiting Russian media but identifying the Moscow Times, which is not official and often unreliable, the British Daily Mail has published a shock report about a radical change in Russia’s military leadership. According to the story, as published, General Valery Gerasimov, chief of the General Staff of Russia’s armed forces, and Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-bek Yevkurov have been purged. The story goes on to say that Gerasimov has been replaced by Colonel-General Mikhail Teplinskiy. A number of other news outlets claim "General Armageddon," Sergey Surovikin, also is missing. Posted by: Abu Uluque 2023-07-10 |
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