ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESMay 27

"Russia has passed a law allowing its central bank and other financial institutions to operate defence systems and arm staff to ward off #drone attacks"

*without govt involvement*

*the banks pay for it*

Hmm

1. #Russia admits its air defense is degraded. It can't protect vital assets

2. "You pay for it" is admitting financial strain

3. I think allowing independent paramilitaries in a society with deepening anger won't work out very well for the #Kremlin

https://tvpworld.com/93480519/russias-central-bank-top-bank-sberbank-to-operate-anti-drone-systems

#UkraineWar

Russia's central, top bank to operate anti-drone systems

The institutions would handle the cost of drone defence themselves.

Telewizja Polska S.A
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another thought:

banking panics in #russia are a big possibility with the creaky russian #economy

and russia just passed a law allowing independent *bank* paramilitaries?

they didn't allow independent oil refinery corporation militaries

🤔

so what happens when russians run to the #bank to withdraw all of their money at the same time

and they are met with a freaking armed bank #paramilitary?

damn

this shit could go sideways quick

and the #kremlin knows it

and their "solution" sucks

May 27 at 8:22pmWeb
Show threadDopes The FrogmanMay 27
@benroyce now a joke...
A Russian man walks into his bank to make a withdrawal. Gets shot by an armed thug who mistook his checkbook for a handgun. Man disappears, country continues to run on borscht. Great joke.
Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESMay 27

@macacator

😆

"and then it got worse"

Show threadMorgan FletcherMay 27

@benroyce @macacator Pinkertons

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinkerton_(detective_agency)

Pinkerton (detective agency) - Wikipedia

Show threadDopes The FrogmanMay 27
@morgan @benroyce great, the dicks are here🤣
Show threadLukefromDCMay 27
@benroyce This sounds like the sort of thing that could end with Putin's head on a pike in Red Square.
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@LukefromDC

yeah but these are corporate paramilitaries

so warlord power struggle shit rather than people power

of course in such chaos, yes, the people are angered and emboldened. but still they now have oligarch enemies (who are also fighting each other)

some real cyberpunk shit

we're so used to anger at our own corporate dystopia of america, that we forget in places like russia and china, corporate power is also bad, and in russia, is about to get much worse

Show threadLukefromDCMay 27
@benroyce When they fight each other they weaken each other. Lay back and watch the tigers fight. Fight only the winner yourself, save for using the worst party to train against for practice.
Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESMay 27

@LukefromDC

✅

and hit them at their time of maximum weakness in their mauling of each other