Boris Chuprin

@cybersoroka There's a part of Russian economy that makes babushka eat food from trashcans. And there's a part of Russian economy that funds billion dollar palaces and yachts, invests into Western companies, produces weapons. That part will continue to work even if babushkas die from hunger.

Is Putin Really Vulnerable? Or are all the rumors swirling in Moscow just more dictator games with his loyal security services, only to justify further crackdowns and repression? This is the subject of my opinion piece out today with @ForeignPolicy magazine. Below are a few of the key points I make. Please tune into FP for the full article, and more great content on Russia. 🚨With the Kremlin, every few months, a new rumor seems to emerge suggesting that Putin may be vulnerable. The Washington Post, Newsweek and other sources reported last week this may suggest Putin is weakened and concerned over potential coups. My take: nothing further from the truth…this is a lot of wishful thinking. Unfortunately, after 25 years in power, Putin has built a system designed precisely to survive rumors, dissent, and internal intrigue.  As I said in the article, during his years in power, Putin has learned from other dictators’ failures. ⚠️In a hypothetical ‘World Dictators and Autocrats’ course, Putin has earned straight A’s for the last quarter century! He knows what he is doing. 🚨My conclusion: coup rumors, investigations, and arrests serve Putin’s political purposes. They create uncertainty within elite circles keeping his followers fiercely loyal and the population frozen in fear. ⚠️The most likely outcome given today’s rumors of dissent and upheaval in Russia is therefore not imminent regime collapse but further repression. 👇In the article I also discuss the Prigozhin’s rebellion in 2023, tune into the full article for his and other key analysis!: foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/12/rus… 👉Please consider my book for further analysis like this on the Russian services!: amazon.com/Tradecraft-Tac… #Russia #RussianIntelligence #Ukraine

@slantchev You think you are too smart to believe "Putin in a freezer" BS narrative. This is why they made several other slightly-less-stupid narratives which you did believe.

I benchmarked three ways to do enum-to-string in C++26: the new reflection, enchantum, and a classic X-macro. Can you predict the winner? ⚔️ vittorioromeo.com/index/blog/ref… #cpp #gamedev

@TS_Church @FRHoffmann1 Majority of Russian pseudo-opposition is doing this a lot, helping the regime. One guy specializes on predicting Putin’s death from cancer every few weeks. Another woman explains for hours how invisible inevitable forces will undermine the regime if do your part voting against it