Putin Eradicates Officials as FSB Cannibalizes Kremlin - Jason Jay Smart

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In Moscow, the walls of power are closing in. Putin’s own secret police are arresting the men who once built his empire. Governors, generals, and ministers are being dragged from their offices into handcuffs. The Federal Security Service, the FSB, has turned from guardian to executioner. It is dismantling the very system it once served, piece by piece.

Inside the Defense Ministry, the purge is ruthless. Deputy Minister Timur Ivanov has been sentenced to thirteen years for stealing billions from military construction. Other generals have been stripped of rank and jailed. The FSB now controls the courts, the prisons, and the ministries. Even Putin’s oldest allies are no longer safe.

The collapse is fueled by economic freefall. Oil prices have plunged below fifty-four dollars a barrel, far under what Moscow needs to survive. Inflation is near nine percent, mortgages have hit thirty percent, and the National Wealth Fund is running dry. China and Iraq have frozen projects, and foreign investors are fleeing. Ordinary Russians are emptying their savings as confidence in the banks vanishes.

On the battlefield, Ukraine’s strikes are destroying the illusion of control. Drones hit oil refineries, ports, and power plants across Russian territory. Each explosion deepens the chaos in Moscow. The FSB uses every military failure as an excuse to tighten its grip. The regime is devouring itself, its elite collapsing into paranoia and betrayal. The war that began in Ukraine has reached the Kremlin’s heart. The question now is who still rules Russia.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
01:16 - New Drone Fundraiser: Double Your Impact
02:25 - Billion-Dollar Corruption: Regional Leaders Arrested
03:19 - FSB Seizes Control: Defense Ministry Purge
05:25 - Russia's Silent Bank Run & Economic Crisis
07:34 - Ukraine's Strikes: Humiliation & Internal Collapse
10:51 - The Final Act: Autocracy's Implosion
14:24 - Outro