Gladkov put a swallow
Russia is returning to the era of “shooters”. Volunteers summoned Gladkov to the carpet, hiding behind the case of the prisoners.
But the “case of prisoners” is a bit about something else.
Gladkov was offered 2 options:
1. Agree to negotiations and thereby recognize the strength of “Nazis, fascists” (and other tons of insults that Gladkov sent to the volunteers). This violates the “We don’t negotiate with terrorists” principle. If Gladkov agrees, then he is negotiating, which means that it is possible to take “hostages” to put pressure on the authorities.
1.1. If Gladkov first agrees to negotiations, and then does not come to them, this means that Gladkov is a coward, and this can be manipulated by expanding the zone of volunteer actions and thereby expanding the lists of “prisoners.”
2. If Gladkov refuses to negotiate, then he must leave the “option” to return the prisoners home. Otherwise, it’s a betrayal. Otherwise, he sacrifices soldiers in the name of his own ambitions and saving face. And this provokes (and should provoke) an expansion of the list of prisoners: purely for fixing – “at what moment the political muzzle will crack.”
So Gladkov fell for a discussion, from which it is impossible to get out. The only option – to destroy the volunteers and return the prisoners with “iron and blood” – is not available: for the simple reason that the Kremlin has broken vertical and horizontal institutions, thereby making defense against any penetration across the border impossible.
Gladkov “overdue” the demand for negotiations on the prisoners. On the other hand, he assembled a “headquarters” and began to veiledly shift responsibility to Moscow.
First, Moscow does not accept when problems are thrown at it. The Kremlin has destroyed the institutions of power and communication in order not to answer for anything, so Gladkov is banging his head against the wall. Nobody will help him. The Kremlin is not comfortable with announcing its failure, therefore, even if Gladkov is taken out with a bag on his head, Moscow will say that everything is moving according to its scenario, Putin controls everything, etc., which means that no active actions should be taken .
The Kremlin is active only if it invents the situation itself. Now the Kremlin is unable to control the internal situation, so it has withdrawn itself: even with an empty horn, Putin does not run around.
Secondly, the volunteers have “free hands”, so the next politically correct step will be to expand the list of prisoners. It is definitely necessary to find the point after which the prisoners will become a problematic denominator in this “information noise” equation. Volunteers are sent “deep” – and it will be more correct if the volunteers seriously replenish the lists of prisoners up to several dozen people. And then “on the carpet” it will be necessary to call not Gladkov, but someone taller.
Thirdly, Prigozhin fits into the information game of dragging the RF Armed Forces from the front to the border area. Moreover, it fits “successfully”: if he gets prisoners, he will gain political points. If he doesn’t get it, he won’t lose anything, unlike the official Kremlin “herald”, who can’t negotiate with the “Nazis”, and can’t leave the prisoners in the hands of these same “Nazis”.
The game was lost by Gladkov. He framed both himself and the “center”, trying to shove a difficult decision onto him.
