In Moscow's Shadows 88: Enter Gerasimov

In Moscow's Shadows

English - January 12, 2023 14:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MB
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So what might it mean for Chief of the General Staff Gerasimov to be made the new overall commander of Russian operations in Ukraine? I suspect Putin is impatient for some kind of victory - and if Gerasimov absolutely has to provide it, then he will need to find some form of escalation.

Details of the Chelsea Society event on 16 January I mentioned are here, and the Lewes Speakers Festival event on the 22nd (lots of other interesting authors, by the way) is here.

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