Comments by "Jiri Slavicek" (@jirislavicek9954) on "Privatization of Russia's war fighting" video.

  1. Valid point. Putin was playing a gamble, it went wrong and now it's spinning out of his hands. He is aware that he broke the social contract. Russian people would forgive him and the oligarchs their cronyism, stealing, bad economic situation and sanctions. But they expect him to maintain some level of order. They aren't going to forgive him when thousands of men will be returning home in black bags as cargo 200. And they won't be happy with mobilisations. Putin knows that this is the only thing that can really threaten his position. That's why Russian army is so keen in conscripting in ethnic areas, conscripts from Donbas (officially Ukrainians) and private contractors. Hardly anybody will be missing these soldiers in Russia. Russian army is too big and incompetent to deliver any results. That's where more flexible private contractors come into place. But using them is like double-edged sword. They can solve the problem with lack of soldiers but they can also overgrow into new power structure and threaten Putin or the integrity of the entire Russian Federation.
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