Igor Eidman: “Crooks rule the war”

“Do you think that terrible Russian nationalists, ideological fighters for the revival of the empire, Orthodox fundamentalists are waging war against Ukraine? Apparently, such frostbitten fanatics are just cannon fodder. And everything is ruled by ordinary Kremlin businessmen and swindlers, for whom war comes first, opportunity to make good money.

There seems to be nothing unexpected in the famous wiretapping of Chesnakov’s conversation with Boroday. Borodai complains about the catastrophic mess in his own “republic” and begs for money, Chesnakov orders from him a eulogy for Putin performed by the “legendary” (with irony) Girkin. In general, there is a conversation between two political strategists discussing something like a failed election campaign."