Bee: Mobilization? Putin played Va Banque [INTERVIEW]

“He chose between ending in any form the war he is losing or escalating it. But this time in violation of the basic rule that he himself introduced during the Second Chechen War, which is that Russia's wartime operations do not concern the general Russian public. Until now, Russia has been sending contract soldiers to the war. He violated that rule. I firmly believe that there are no rational arguments to support this mobilization succeeding. We know precisely what current problems the Russian army is presently having, and these problems are structural,” Robert Pszczel, a Polish diplomat and erstwhile head of NATO's information office in Moscow, says in an interview with Defence24.pl.