In a short speech, the head of the Kremlin paints a picture of a country whose existence is threatened, thereby justifying the unpopular decision to partially mobilize. The survival of the regime depends above all on the repressive apparatus.
Vladimir Putin – pictured during a maneuver exercise in spring 2022 – ordered the partial mobilization of the Russian armed forces on Wednesday.
For one evening, Russian President Vladimir Putin kept television viewers waiting, fueling a multitude of rumors and speculations. Some of them came true on Wednesday morning, when the Kremlin chief’s fifteen-minute speech was broadcast following all. The most important message in it: Putin announced a partial mobilization of the Russian armed forces, which is to begin today, Wednesday.
