Putin's Elites Are Now Fighting for SURVIVAL - Jason Jay Smart

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Kremlin elites are turning on each other as Putin’s war economy breaks the bargain that kept Russia’s billionaire class loyal. Ukrainian refinery strikes, fuel shortages, bankrupt rail logistics, and 1991-style gasoline lines are pushing pressure from ordinary Russians into the power networks around Moscow.

German Gref, the head of Sberbank and one of Russia’s most powerful financial insiders, publicly warned that the war economy cannot survive this pressure forever. Soon after, the reported Gref-linked Chayka Logistics Center near Kyiv became part of the wider war over assets, loyalty, and punishment. The message to Russia’s financial class is brutal: wealth no longer guarantees protection, silence no longer guarantees safety, and Putin’s war can now consume the people it once enriched.

Moscow is trying to hide the fracture by pushing fear outward through NATO drone probing, shadow fleet espionage, and deniable pressure near Western military sites. But the real fight is moving inside the Kremlin walls, where fuel, money, paranoia, and loyalty are colliding. Putin can still threaten Ukraine and the West, but his own system is now fighting over survival.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro: Kremlin Elites Fight For Survival
01:01 - Refinery Apocalypse: Ukraine Destroys Russian Refineries
04:00 - Engine Poison: Corrupted Fuel Destroys Russian Cars
05:15 - Drone Probes: Putin Targets Western NATO Borders
06:50 - Financial Revenge: Putin Destroys Russian Banker's Assets
09:15 - Bunker Paranoia: Disgruntled Elites Turn On Putin
10:42 - Kremlin Walls: Putin Faces Imminent Power Challenge

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