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As Putin sours on Sergei Shoigu, hard-liner tsar Nikolai Patrushev is likely to rise

By Tom Rogan
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As Putin sours on Sergei Shoigu, hard-liner tsar Nikolai Patrushev is likely to rise

Speaking to a Russian state media outlet, Nikolai Patrushev was in a hyperbolic mood on Wednesday.

Russia’s national security council secretary explained how the government was determined “to free the inhabitants of [Ukraine] from the oppression of fanatics, punishers, who are rampant on Ukrainian soil, real beasts in human form. Today, Russia in Ukraine is raking the Augean stables that were created by the U.S. and its European henchmen.”

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Espionage FSB Russia Russia-Ukraine War Sergei Shoigu Vladimir Putin