Russland vs. Ukraine

[Schneemann]

Es könnte sein, dass die wuchernde Korruption bei den Russen in verstärktem Maße die Geheimdienste beschäftigt. Nicht, dass diese nun vor Korruption gefeit wären, schließlich tragen sie das korrupte System Putin, aber anscheinend werden verstärkt Kontrollen von Equipment durchgeführt. Quasi sorgen somit die korrupten Geheimdienste dafür, dass die korrupte Armee nicht noch mehr Gedöns verscherbelt. Ob das nun die Kampfbefähigung hebt, sei dahingestellt, das Verhältnis zwischen Armee und Geheimdiensten dürfte sich allerdings nicht verbessern...

The Russian Federal State Security Service (FSB) appears to be trying to penetrate the Russian Defense Industrial Base (DIB) in a way that is reminiscent of the KGB’s involvement with the Soviet military establishment. Spokesperson for the Ukrainian Center for the Research of Trophy and Prospective Weapons and Military Equipment of the Ukrainian General Staff Andrii Rudyk remarked on March 16 that Ukrainian experts have found FSB markings on many Russian weapons components that Ukrainian forces have destroyed or captured on the battlefield.[1]

Rudyk noted that these markings appear not only on equipment such as T-90M tanks, but also on weapons’ microcircuits, and suggested that this means that the FSB conducted an equipment inspection of such weapons and components.[2] Rudyk concluded that this means that the FSB does not trust Russian military leadership and is conducting inspections of Russian equipment accordingly.[3] FSB markings on Russian equipment and weapons components, if confirmed, would have broader implications for the relationship between the FSB, the Russian DIB, and the broader Russian military apparatus. Either FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov has instructed the FSB to conduct these investigations at the direction of Russian President Vladimir Putin, or Bortnikov has issued this directive independent of Putin. In either case the FSB appears to be directly inserting itself into the inner workings of the Russian DIB, likely penetrating equipment acquisition and inspection processes. The KGB (the FSB’s predecessor) notably penetrated the Red Army and Soviet defense industry in a similar fashion.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgro...ch-16-2023

Schneemann