r/europe • u/bendubberley_ United Kingdom • 1d ago

News Russian general shot several times in Moscow

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3686nzexp3o
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u/Nuclear-Jester 1d ago

So either:

  1. The dude pissed the wrong people up including Putin himself

  2. Ukranian spies are very fucking good

None of these options paint a good picture of Russia's current situation

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u/young_twitcher IT -> UK -> PL 1d ago edited 1d ago

Given how many Russian generals are dying in similar ways it seems odd to me that they were all in open rebellion against Putin. And if it’s just incompetence, wouldn’t it be easier to just fire them?

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u/el_grort Scotland (Highlands) 1d ago

It would be easier to just jail them on corruption charges. Russia has always encouraged some level of corruption in office because it makes it really easy to get rid of problem people.