Something INSANE is Happening in Moscow Right Now

Paul J. Warburg 26 min

The need to control information and surround yourself with an abnormal amount of security, an abnormal amount of police and soldiers, is not a sign of strength. It's actually a sign of weakness.

  • Vladimir Putin
  • Bashar al-Assad

Chapters

  1. 0:00

    Putin's Soviet-style Control

    Putin has recreated Soviet-era control through information suppression and security, which signals weakness rather than strength.

  2. 2:03

    Moscow's Internet Blackout

    Recent mobile internet blackouts in Moscow are compared to Iran's protests, designed to prevent coordination among citizens.

  3. 6:33

    The Official Explanation

    The government claims internet shutdowns are due to Ukrainian drone attacks, but the video finds this explanation incoherent.

  4. 9:11

    Geographic Inconsistencies

    Internet shutdowns originate near government buildings and spread outward, contradicting the claim of protecting against drone attacks.

  5. 11:44

    Expansion to St. Petersburg

    Similar internet restrictions are now threatening St. Petersburg, a city not under constant drone attack.

  6. 13:34

    Media Control Strategy

    Russia is slowly throttling platforms like YouTube and Telegram to force dependence on state-controlled apps.

  7. 20:27

    Fear of Internal Uprising

    The video concludes the government is terrified of a popular uprising or coup, similar to the Wagner group incident. The video predicts internal dissolution within Russia could eventually end the war in Ukraine.

Key points

  • 0:00

    Total state information control and imprisonment of dissidents signal weakness rather than strength.

  • 2:03

    Mobile internet blackouts in Moscow prevent citizens from coordinating protests effectively.

  • 2:03

    Russia is proactively modeling Iran's playbook by shutting down mobile internet before a crisis.

  • 6:33

    The government claims internet shutdowns are necessary due to Ukrainian drone attacks.

  • 9:11

    Internet shutdowns originate near government buildings, contradicting the claim of protecting against drones.

  • 11:44

    St. Petersburg faces similar internet restrictions despite lacking constant drone attacks.

  • 12:56

    Russia throttles platforms like YouTube and Telegram to force dependence on state-controlled apps.

  • 13:55

    Soldiers are being forced to show phones and punished for using Telegram.

  • 23:19

    The government is terrified of a popular uprising or coup similar to the Wagner group incident.

  • 20:27

    Internal dissolution within Russia may eventually end the war in Ukraine.

Who and where

People · 2

  • Drawing of Vladimir Putin

    Vladimir Putin 15

    President of the Russian Federation

    Photo 1

  • Drawing of Bashar al-Assad

    Bashar al-Assad 1

    Syrian convicted fugitive and former President of Syria from 2000 to 2024

    Photo 2

1. Photo: Пресс-служба Президента России, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Wikidata · redrawn in our house style (Vladimir Putin)

2. Photo: khamenei.ir, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Wikidata · redrawn in our house style (Bashar al-Assad)

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