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There are plenty of reasons these days to wonder if Russian President Vladimir Putin and his cronies are off their rockers. But a recently leaked memo from the Kremlin reveals that those in charge of the Russian government are farther down the rabbit hole than most of us realized.
The memo, published by the Insider, a Russian news outlet in exile, outlines how the Russian Federal Guard Service (FSO), which protects high-ranking officials such as Putin, would handle the invasion of Ukraine — or any other war — spilling over onto the country’s own soil. It focuses on psychological preparedness, ensuring that FSO officers would have the “moral and psychological support” needed to resist what the memo calls a potential “massive ideological attack.” But the Russians aren’t simply worried about the usual wartime propaganda, like sneaky radio broadcasts or underground newspapers. Instead, the Kremlin is mounting preparations for what it calls the “psychological infection of personnel” by an enemy who would manipulate them through hypnosis—as well as through unknown mystical and psychic powers. The memo warns of “psi-generators” and “hypnotic abilities” used by foreign personnel.
The memo laid out how the FSO plans to avert this kind of psychic assault. Tactics include psychically strengthening officers by telling them stories about the bravery and heroism of their colleagues. Another means of counteracting psychological infection involves giving officers tours of the FSO Hall of Fame and History and visits to Moscow’s Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan—presumably to pray the devil away. There will also be a kind of buddy system: “It is necessary to attach the most politically savvy officers of the FSO to the least stable,” the memo reads. Or, as a precaution, it may be necessary to commit psychologically vulnerable officers who suffer “neuropsychiatric instability” to a hospital in these mysteriously perilous times. Concerns about psychology and the morale of officers—critically important in a losing war—have become blended with more esoteric worries such as psychic assaults.
Mysticism merges with more conventional Russian Orthodox beliefs about apocalyptic scenarios and satanic influence. At a September ceremony of the annexation of parts of Ukraine, Putin described how the Western “suppression of freedom itself has taken on the features of a religion: outright Satanism.” Then, in October, the Russian government shifted its justification of the war, claiming it had a moral imperative to “carry out the de-Satanization of Ukraine.” While the language of satanism is sometimes used purely as exaggerated rhetoric, sometimes it’s meant literally. Conservative Russian Orthodox ideas of spiritual warfare, in which the West is depicted as literally demonic, have become incorporated into the Russian state’s own vocabulary—and mixed with the country’s enthusiasm for psychic pseudoscience.
And xactually having served in Southeast Asia in Thailand at the time I was aware of the the missions going into Burma Cambodia and Laos cuz I actually was indeed their support division but that it was just all falsehood but was really taking place at that time. Till till this day I really still feel there were two wars going on at that time in Vietnam.
originally posted by: MykeNukem
a reply to: GENERAL EYES
What say you?
Sounds like BS.
Pegov then claimed that apathy on the battlefields will also lead to more “tragedies”, appearing to touch on the ongoing worries about poor training, especially around new mobilised troops, and low morale.
Dr Gregory Asmolov, expert in crisis communication at King’s College London, told The Times that Moscow blamed soldiers’ phones for the missile strike in a bid to maintain its reputation.
He said: “They [the Kremlin] had to start to explain why bad things were actually happening and why they were not able to provide victory as soon as it was promised.”
He said that the Kremlin had to make sure it is “immune” and instead will shift to blame those lower down in the pecking order for its failures.
originally posted by: JAY1980
originally posted by: MykeNukem
a reply to: GENERAL EYES
What say you?
Sounds like BS.
Yup.
I mean according to these sources Putin has cancer with explosive diarrhea and Russia ran out of missiles/drones 6 months ago.
The reality is:
Ukraine are the bad guys.
Russia will inevitably win.
originally posted by: musicismagic
originally posted by: JAY1980
originally posted by: MykeNukem
a reply to: GENERAL EYES
What say you?
Sounds like BS.
Yup.
I mean according to these sources Putin has cancer with explosive diarrhea and Russia ran out of missiles/drones 6 months ago.
The reality is:
Ukraine are the bad guys.
Russia will inevitably win.
I chat nightly with my friend in Russia. The war only seems to kind of a conversation in Moscow. Countryside, you might hear, what war in a soft tone. You know, that means Russia is kicking a$$ in Ukraine.
In terms of ideology and repression, the Putin regime is similar to the Soviet regime and even tries to use elements of the Stalinist Soviet Union. Since the war began, laws have been adopted in Russia that can result in up to ten years in prison for soldiers surrendering to Ukraine’s armed forces.
If you spread ‘fake news’ – that is, any information about the war that contradicts the official line – you face up to 15 years in prison. In Russia, for even using the word ‘war’ (rather than the officially sanctioned ‘special operation’) you can face punishment.
Mass political protests were never a regular feature in the Soviet Union. While they certainly took place, the Soviet authorities severely suppressed them.