Categories Michael Novakhov's favorite articles https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/04/world/europe/russia-prison-wagner-ukraine.html Post author By Mike Nova Post date December 4, 2023 ← @mikenov: https://t.co/RkskdyrhDw → My Opinion: Russia is the MATRYOSHKA of prisons: from the main one which is the Russian State itself to the smaller and smaller ones, to the levels of families and groups. It operates, including Putin himself and its governing structures, on the mentality of the Russian Criminal Underworld. It is rooted in the realities of SLAVERY, from the Mongol-Tatar times to the Stalinism, and now Putinism. Its main tool, from Ivan The Terrible to present it the omnipresent and omnipotent Secret Police, under the various names. Russia is the deeply criminal society. And the Wagner Group (sponsored by the criminal oligarchs) is the sign of the open claim to power of the Russian Criminal Mentality, criminal para-State structures, and the historical criminal traditions … A Prison at War: The Convicts Sustaining Putin’s Invasion – 10:33 AM 12/4/2023