“Revolution is Coming to Russia” - Wagner Chief Warns 🇷🇺

Hello again, Global Recap readers! Thank you for all your responses to yesterday's poll. As many of you have pointed out, most countries have now removed "social distancing" and mask mandates, despite many still not officially declaring COVID "over." But what remains most controversial is some governments' decision to completely lock down communities and mandate vaccination.

• For instance, Australia implemented several complete lockdowns, and many individuals have reported prolonged psychological effects due to social isolation. It also kept numbers low for an extended period of time.

• On the other hand, South Korea was never subjected to a complete lockdown, yet it also successfully kept COVID cases low for an extended period of time. Many nonetheless still reported episodes of “Corona Blues.”

Only time will reveal any potential lasting effects of these policies on people. Open and free discussions, such as the one we are having here, are necessary to explore paths to the truth.

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• Over 13,000 people in England were denied the right to vote due to a new ID law - which requires a voter to produce a legal photo ID for the first time at the May 4 local elections. The government said it was essential to combat election fraud.

• US consumer spending rose more than expected in April, while inflation also picked up. The data suggests that the US economy is still hot, which might not be good news for the Fed, as they are looking to cool the economy in order to tame inflation. More interest rate hikes to come?

• Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko announced the signing of a decree that would allow Russia to deploy tactical, shorter-range nuclear weapons in Belarus. Russia has already begun moving nuclear weapons to Belarus.

• Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists released a report urging an investigation into the Taliban’s restrictions on Afghan women’s rights as possible crimes under international law. It is alleged that, despite promising to be more accommodating to women, the Taliban have limited women’s access to education, work, travel, and medical care.

• The United States and South Korea commenced their largest joint military training exercises in four years, simulating a full-scale invasion by North Korea. It involves tens of thousands of troops in live-fire exercises combining land, sea, and air forces.

• German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said he will speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin “in due course” about Ukraine - calling for a “fair peace.”

“Revolution is Coming to Russia” - Wagner Chief Warns

Wagner Leader’s Warning: Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group, has revealed that 20,000 of its fighters have been killed in Bakhmut. He warned Russia that another Russian revolution is inevitable if its leadership does not improve its handling of the war.

Revolution To Come: So why does he think a revolution is coming? He believes the social inequality exposed by the war - where poor sons are returned from the front lines in zinc coffins, while privileged children "shake their arses" under the sun - will lead to an eventual revolution like that of 1917.

Sparks of Revolution: Two Russian rebel militias,

• The Russian Volunteer Corps

• The Freedom of Russia Legion
  
  had made an incursion into the Belgorod region along Ukraine’s northern border, crossing into Russia with quite easily. The Russian defence ministry boasted about killing 70 of them, but the militia leaders said they had only suffered 2 deaths.

Is another Russian revolution imminent?