Comments on: Useful Proxies https://www.isegoria.net/2014/06/useful-proxies/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sun, 21 Jun 2026 12:42:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Al Fin https://www.isegoria.net/2014/06/useful-proxies/comment-page-1/#comment-1289986 Al Fin Wed, 11 Jun 2014 15:41:24 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=35369#comment-1289986 They are called “cat’s paws” and they are very useful for purposes of plausible deniability. Eastern Europe is a playground for organised crime, and insider connections along with thugs on the ground can prove very useful in an “insurgency.” Throw in some Chechen mercenaries, Cossacks, and sprinkle with Spetsnaz for liaison, sniping, and organisation, and the really tough jobs get done to Moscow’s specifications.

If Putin can control Ukraine without actually occupying it, he can save a lot of money. Intimidation has always been a useful tool for Russian Tsars, Party Secretaries, and presidents.

Ukraine must be kept out of the EU orbit at all costs, to avoid side by side comparisons (North Korea/South Korea, East Germany/West Germany) that might make Putin look like the anti-people’s dictator that he is.

If ethnic Russians (other than organised crime mobs) living outside Russia were as oppressed as Putin’s propaganda machine paints them, they would have moved to Russia long ago. Instead, Russia is being flooded by Central Asian Muslims, who will before long make up most of the rank and file of the Russian Army.

]]> By: Candide III https://www.isegoria.net/2014/06/useful-proxies/comment-page-1/#comment-1288132 Candide III Tue, 10 Jun 2014 16:37:09 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=35369#comment-1288132 That sounds about right, except he contradicts himself by first saying it’s just local, no Russian infiltrators, and then goes on about newest weapons (so new you don’t need anyone to teach you to use them, I suppose) and Chechen mercenaries from Russia. I should add that there are also hundreds of Russian so-called Cossacks there, which “Strelok” complained about on youtube a few days ago, and there are honest-to-God recruitment centers in Moscow suburbs where you can sign up as a volunteer to defend Mother Russia in the Donetsk region. Ostensibly unofficial, of course, but that’s nothing but a bad joke, and War Nerd understands as much. Naturally, Ukraine can’t afford to let this region be, so the question will be whether the new government can show enough sticks and carrots to smooth things down.

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