Let me guess: he was ultra-nationlist and pro-war but critical of how Shoigu and the general staff were conducting the invasion.
You’d probably need to speak Russian to find the answer to that, but he has had political ambitions that might be too ambitious.
Prilepin planned to run for President of the Russian Federation in 2024. By August 2022, he had already opened several campaign headquarters in Russia as well as in the self-proclaimed LNR and Russian-occupied territories of Kherson and Kharkiv. One source told news outlet Vedomosti that Putin’s administration looked on Prilepin’s presidential ambitions “not in the best way.”
It’s called “rubbing their noses in it”, and so far it’s been pretty effective in harming the fragile egos in the Kremlin. It also boosts the morale of Ukrainians to see they are no longer so vulnerable.
I get it. But had it not been reported the Russians may never have known how their missile failed to hit its target. Now they know a Patriot knocked it down and could adjust their tactics.
I think the chances are high that they saw the launch of a Patriot, and that their missile was intercepted. Right now I suspect the Russians are more worried about their planes and ships staying the hell out of Ukraine itself, lest they get smacked.
Putin has pushed the “our hypersonic missiles are the most advanced weapon in the world and can’t be shot down” narrative for years. Damaging the myth seems worth disclosing this capability.
For a moment I forgot about the verb.
Four large fires covering 7,200 hectares (17,800 acres) are currently burning near the city of Asbest, and residents there are without water or electricity following incidents at local water and electrical utilities.
According to Rospotrebnadzor, Russia’s federal human wellbeing monitor, the fires have caused air pollution in the region to soar past harmful levels. Many towns are shrouded in smoke. Doctors have advised residents to keep their windows shut and to go outside only with masks and respirators.
… what, like it’s not a dictatorship now 
