Toni Michel<p>The sway <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/chemezov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemezov</span></a> has over the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russian</span></a> defence ministry, cabinet members like <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/manturov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manturov</span></a> or whole swathes of regional politics where <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Rostech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rostech</span></a> is a key pillar of the local economy is, on the one hand, astounding- on the other, wholly banal for an old friend of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>putin</span></a>|s.</p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/2e1Ibfg50rxxKbLNx71rjJ?si=SsjcLXyyTrKRh6o5eVGt6Q" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.spotify.com/episode/2e1Ib</span><span class="invisible">fg50rxxKbLNx71rjJ?si=SsjcLXyyTrKRh6o5eVGt6Q</span></a></p>