https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinio...ny-ncna1239143
Quote:
Russian President Vladimir Putin is often carelessly portrayed as the singular force behind all violent actions carried out by Russia's state organs and its proxies. This picture is overly simplistic, as the Russian state — just as in America — is not monolithic, encompassing a number of competing actors pushing and pulling for influence.
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After news of Navalny's poisoning broke, speculation as to whodunit circulated like a morbid game of Clue — was it Kadyrov, as payback for an investigation from years ago, or Prigozhin, who has long waged a campaign to destroy Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation? Now that the poison has been revealed, the only mystery is exactly which Russian state security organ carried out the plot — and why now.
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Pieces like this are helpful to remind me of that my thinking about how Russia ticks maybe is too linear and non-dynamical - ironicaly born from the desire to shed light on it
rationally. Maybe my approach is wrong, and should try to see it more "chaotic".