1/ Dmitry Rogozin, Russia's former Deputy Prime Minister for Defence and Space Industry, is taking heavy criticism from Russian milbloggers for posing in an occupied region of Ukraine carrying and wearing NATO military clothing and weapons. ⬇️
2/ Rogozin, who has been one of the most aggressively vocal supporters of the war, posted photographs (now apparently deleted?) of himself wearing the following:
∙Tactical winter jacket (Austria)
∙3 ammunition clips for FN SCAR-H (Belgium/USA)
∙Bikatex tactical vest (Turkey)
∙Tactical winter jacket (Austria)
∙3 ammunition clips for FN SCAR-H (Belgium/USA)
∙Bikatex tactical vest (Turkey)
3/ ∙2 ammunition clips for MP-5 (Germany)
∙Glock pistol with extended magazine (Austria)
∙V-AR rifle with a PMAG (+ Aimpoint micro T-2 optic?) (Czechia)
∙Zephire boots (Slovakia)
∙Armokom helmet (the only Russian item on the list)
∙Glock pistol with extended magazine (Austria)
∙V-AR rifle with a PMAG (+ Aimpoint micro T-2 optic?) (Czechia)
∙Zephire boots (Slovakia)
∙Armokom helmet (the only Russian item on the list)
4/ The "We can explain" Telegram channel estimates this ensemble to be worth at least a million rubles ($16,300). Not surprisingly, Russian milbloggers are upset about it. The BattleSailor Telegram channel calls him "one of the most odious participants" in the war and complains:
5/ "Why does the former chairman of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation not wear the Ratnik kit (which they have been promoting and praising for so long), and does not use domestic weapons?"
It's a fair point! /end
(h/t @RALee85)
It's a fair point! /end
(h/t @RALee85)
(I should add that he's a former Russian ambassador to NATO. Maybe he went native?)
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