🇷🇺 PUTIN’S PRESSURE MACHINE RUNS ON SEIZURE, PROXIES AND DENIABILITY
Two days after Washington imposed new sanctions, Putin signed a decree taking control of Aptar Vladimir, a Russian subsidiary ultimately owned by US-based AptarGroup, and transferring it to a company headed by Yakub Zakriev, Ramzan Kadyrov’s nephew. Vanguard and BlackRock are among AptarGroup’s largest shareholders.
The same logic increasingly appears beyond Russia’s borders: keep the state one step removed.
European investigations have documented networks of disposable recruits allegedly directed by Russian intelligence for sabotage operations, while Germany has blamed Moscow for an explosive-laden drone discovered at Leipzig/Halle Airport. Russia denies involvement.
At the front, Ukraine is attacking the machinery sustaining that pressure. The 3rd Army Corps says it destroyed a pipeline from Voronezh that had supplied roughly 50% of Russian forces’ daily diesel needs in occupied Luhansk, forcing fuel trucks onto journeys of about 400 km.
And inside Russia, United Russia has just emerged from a tightly controlled parliamentary election with 355 of 450 Duma seats. Credible anti-Kremlin opposition was heavily restricted, while international observers were absent.
Different arenas, same recurring pattern: assets absorbed, intermediaries used abroad, military logistics stretched, political competition constrained at home.
The Kremlin can control a great deal.
What it cannot control indefinitely is the accumulating cost of all of it.
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🇷🇺🇪🇸🇫🇷 U.S. intelligence has reportedly warned that Russia could launch drone strikes on Spain, France and Italy from merchant ships in the Mediterranean.
U.S. agencies allegedly put together a detailed report on the possible operation, which would see Russian drones hidden in cargo containers and launched from international waters, roughly 125 to 190 miles offshore.
The drones reportedly carry enough to start fires, damage equipment or temporarily shut down a port or airport. No specific targets were named.
France seems to be taking it seriously. Macron convened his Defense Council on Sept 16, then summoned the leaders of every political party to the Élysée 2 days later.
Poland’s Tusk has also admitted receiving a warning about Russian attacks on countries arming Ukraine.
The Czech Republic’s spy chief says a Russian incursion on NATO territory could come in “months, not years,” though Latvia’s security service says it sees no signs of an imminent attack.
Europe was already watching its eastern border, and now it might need to watch the horizon too.
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The CIA warned European governments of a possible Russian drone attack on Spain, France, or Italy
American intelligence gathered information that Russia is preparing such an attack on one of those Mediterranean countries and shared it with several European governments.
Drones could be launched from the sea, hidden in containers on a ship. A source close to Lithuania’s Defense Ministry said the type is a Gerbera: up to 18 kg, with a declared range up to 600 km. One merchant vessel can carry several.
Lithuania and other countries received the information shortly after CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s trip to Moscow on August 25. Ratcliffe arrived on a US military plane that stopped in Riga.
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