Since the internal squabble between Wagner and the MoD is gaining traction, with more and more people now talking about it, we ought to spare a few words about who the head of the MoD actually is and how he got his position.
Yes, it is time that we spoke about the Tuvin mafia conspiracy.
In the 90s, Tuva was almost as hot as Chechnya. There was an openly secessionist party that called for a regional coup and the ethnic cleansing of Tuva. Who would be cleansing whom, you ask? I suppose the politically correct way to put it is to say that groups of individuals would be cleansing other groups of individuals.
The ethnic aspect of the situation simply an optical illusion, naturally.
But first, let me start by pointing out that Tuva is the most dangerous, most drunk and most dirty republic in Russia. If you want to immerse yourselves into the Tuvan experience:
Note: Varlamov is an ethnic Neocon and a prominent Liberal who has moved to Israel since the SMO. But still, the shots speak for themselves. Watch for yourself and decide.
The main reason why no RaHoWa broke out there is that, unlike Chechnya, the military managed to get the weapons depots out of there (unlike Chechnya) and bring in soldiers ahead of time to quash the nascent uprising. But the conflict did not end after that, and, after a series of negotiations, it simply changed in nature.
The Russians agreed to concessions: that the Tuvans would become the governing ethnicity in their own region, and that Tuvans be allowed to go work in law enforcement agencies. But this turned out to be a disastrous policy, because the Tuvans were suddenly handed a monopoly on one of the most profitable and booming businesses in the region: the importation, cultivation and distribution of drugs across Russia.
Furthermore, many of the current Tuvan statesmen were previously members of openly separatist organizations that routinely used genocidal language when referring to ethnic Russians and may or may not have been involved in targeted killings of Russians.
The 90s saw many pogroms against ethnic Russians and the assassination of Russian public officials. Many Russians had to flee the republic. Nowadays, both sides try to brush this piece of unsavory history under the table in the name of multicultural harmony. But the record shows that the Tuvan regional government, all vetted former Communists, was preparing for secession all throughout the 90s. They even pushed for a secession clause in the Tuvan constitution and for a regional national guard.