The article is okay, but it kind of buries the lede: The real reason they (Montyan, Alyokhin, Markov) all were targeted was because they all went after Solovyov, the Rush Limbaugh/Glenn Beck of Putinism.
That's the problem with selling a vision like a three-day war. When you fail to realize it three years later, the people who bought the vision start to doubt the salesman.
The article is okay, but it kind of buries the lede: The real reason they (Montyan, Alyokhin, Markov) all were targeted was because they all went after Solovyov, the Rush Limbaugh/Glenn Beck of Putinism.
Run this article through Google Translate:
https://www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/10/31/zlo-pobezhlaet-zlo-ili...
and see what you think.
That's the problem with selling a vision like a three-day war. When you fail to realize it three years later, the people who bought the vision start to doubt the salesman.
Shoigu! Gerasimov! Where is my fucking ammo???