In case people don't know, Dagestan, where the Russians are having so many issues with mobilization, basically wraps around Chechnya on the eastern side, and the 2nd Chechen War started when Chechen separatists basically invaded Dagestan. Putin uses his Chechen Kadvrovites as an intimidation force and for memes, but there are a large number of Chechen volunteers fighting for Ukraine. So there are already Chechens fighting Chechens in Ukraine.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/26/europe/izhevsk-school-shooting-russia-intl/index.html Shooting at a school (13 children killed) in Russia by a man who wore Nazi gear and committed suicide. My tinfoil hat says this is a govt run special ops to get community support for the war - see what these Nazi people doing?
Took about a day for a concession speech. Contrast: Echoing Trump, These Republicans Won’t Promise to Accept 2022 Results
With the Right winning the Italian elections there could be several parties that are part of the governing coalition that are tied to Putin. The likely new PM is a supporter of Ukraine though but has been critical of the EU.
