Mark Galeotti
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 59 |
Born | United Kingdom |
Job | Expert |
Education | Robinson College |
Tiffin School | |
London School of Economics and Political Science | |
University of Cambridge | |
Date of birth | January 1,1965 |
Nationality | British |
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ID | 557169 |
Spetsnaz: Russia's Special Forces
The Modern Russian Army 1992–2016
Russian Security and Paramilitary Forces
Russia's Wars in Chechnya 1994–2009
We Need to Talk About Putin: Why the West Gets Him Wrong, and how to Get Him Right
Kulikovo 1380: The Battle that Made Russia
Afghanistan, the Soviet Union's last war
Armies of Russia's War in Ukraine
Gorbachev and his revolution
Paths of Wickedness and Crime: The Underworlds of the Renaissance Italian City
The age of anxiety
Russian and Post-Soviet Organized Crime
Mythic Russia : heroism and adventure in the land of the firebird ; [a complete roleplaying game for play in a mythical or historical medieval world, using the Heroquest game engine]
Hybrid War Or Gibridnaya Voina? Getting Russia's Non-Linear Military Challenge Right
Hero's Book
Imperial Lunar Handbook: Imperial lunar handbook
Russian Hybrid Warfare: Understanding the New Way of War
Masters of Luck and Death: Hero Bands for the Hero Wars
Unstable Russia: A Regional Commercial Risk Assessment : a Special Report from Jane's Intelligence Review and Jane's Sentinel
Putin's Hydra: Inside Russia's Intelligence Services
The Kremlin's Agenda: The New Russia and Its Armed Forces
Crimintern: How the Kremlin Uses Russia's Criminal Networks in Europe
Russians on Trump: Press Coverage and Commentary
Eurotour
Heavy Metal Diplomacy: Russia's Political Use of Its Military in Europe
Russian Political War: Moving Beyond the Hybrid
Mark Galeotti Life story
Mark Galeotti is a London-based political scientist, lecturer and writer on transnational crime and Russian security affairs and director of the consultancy Mayak Intelligence.
Belarus leader welcomes Wagner boss Prigozhin into exile
... " Russia academic Mark Galeotti said the Belarus leader had acted as a useful intermediary for President Putin, who could now seek to keep Prigozhin on side to manage his mercenary forces in Africa...
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Russia-Ukraine war: Some of UK's top journalists barred from Russia
... Correspondents Stuart Ramsay of Sky News, Shaun Walker and Luke Harding of the Guardian and Nick Beake and Paul Adams of the BBC are on the list, along with TV presenters Sophy Ridge and Cathy Newman, columnists Con Coughlin and Gideon Rachman and Russia academic Mark Galeotti...
Russia-Ukraine border: Why Moscow is stoking tensions
... " My suspicion is that this is contingency planning, " was security expert Mark Galeotti s conclusion in his podcast In Moscow s Shadow...
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... Prof Mark Galeotti, a Russia expert at the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi), told the BBC the Vostochny scandal highlighted the scale of corruption in Mr Putin s huge state bureaucracy...
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... Prof Mark Galeotti, a leading Russia analyst and researcher at the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi), says nuclear propulsion poses huge technical challenges...
Belarus leader welcomes Wagner boss Prigozhin into exile
By Paul KirbyBBC News
The leader of Russia's 24-hour mutiny, Yevgeny Prigozhin , has arrived in Belarus, Three Days after his Wagner mercenary group's rebellion came to an end 200km (125 miles) south of Moscow.
" Yes, indeed, he's in Belarus today, " leader Alexander Lukashenko announced, claiming credit arranging his exile.
Prigozhin's whereabouts had been a mystery since he was filmed driving off in southern Russia on Saturday Night .
His private jet was tracked flying into the Belarus capital Minsk on Tuesday.
Mr Lukashenko said Wagner mercenaries had been offered an abandoned military base if they wanted to join their leader: " There is a fence, everything is available, erect your tents. "
Under The Deal that brought an end to The Mutiny , Prigozhin has been promised guaranteed security and The Russian Criminal Case against Wagner has been dropped.
Moscow is preparing to transfer The Mercenaries ' heavy weapons into the regular military and The Fighters have been told they can either sign regular army contracts, Go Home or head to Belarus.
Nato allies Poland, Latvia and Lithuania have warned that Wagner's arrival in Belarus could spell trouble for them as neighbours. A Lithuanian presidential adviser said The Mercenaries were dangerous as they could take part in sabotage and infiltration operations.
Russia has already moved tactical nuclear weapons into Belarus in recent weeks.
Belarusian Public Opinion is also very disturbed, says Katia Glod of the European Leadership Network: " Obviously they don't want to have a criminal like Prigozhin in Belarus. "
Mr Lukashenko said merely that the Wagnerites could help the Belarusian military, sharing their experience with tactics and weapons.
The Mutineers ' ease in seizing control of The City of Rostov-on-Don And Then driving so Far North with little opposition has exposed major weaknesses in the Kremlin's control of security in Russia after 23 years of Putin rule.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov rejected as " hysteria" suggestions that The Events of Friday and Saturday had dented his hold on power.
But then President Putin himself told an array of Russian security forces assembled in a Kremlin square that they had defended their motherland, " De Facto stopping a Civil War in its tracks".
The insurrection was even more alarming as Mr Putin revealed that Prigozhin's private army had been fully funded by The State , with $1bn spent on salaries and bonuses in 12 Months . A further $1bn went to Prigozhin's Concord catering firm for feeding the military.
The Russian leader admitted that pilots had lost their lives " confronting The Mutineers " in the latest attempt to take hold of The Narrative of a turbulent few days that shook the Kremlin.
Six military helicopters and an Ilyushin 22-M command-and-control plane were shot down by The Mutineers , according to unconfirmed reports. Some wreckage has been seen but The Number of casualties is unclear.
Prigozhin also accused The Russian military of a missile strike on his men on Friday, killing 30 people. However, no evidence of that has been seen.
" In A Day we covered 780 km, " He Said on Monday. " Not a single soldier was killed on the ground. We Are sorry that we had to strike aircraft, but they were hitting us with bombs and missiles. "
Videos have shown the Wagner convoy being bombed from the air as they headed north among civilian traffic in the southern Voronezh region on Saturday.
Whatever The Truth of how 24 hours of mayhem did come to an end, one elaborate version was presented on Tuesday by Alexander Lukashenko , who has ruled Belarus since 1994 and is widely thought to have rigged 2020 elections to maintain power.
" I said to Putin: We could waste [Prigozhin], no problem. If not on The First try, then on The Second . I told him: don't do this, " he told security officials.
He Said he had offered to phone Prigozhin, to which Mr Putin said: " Look, Sasha [Alexander], it's useless, he won't even Pick Up The Phone and doesn't want to speak to anyone. "
" Give me his number, " he went on. " [Putin] said, 'most probably, the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) have his number'. "
Describing his conversation with Prigozhin, Mr Lukashenko says The Mercenary boss was in a state of euphoria because of Wagner's success until that point.
According to the Belarusian leader, Prigozhin told him: " We want justice, they want to strangle us, we will go to Moscow. "
" I tell him that half way you will be crushed like a bug. "
Russia academic Mark Galeotti said the Belarus leader had acted as a useful intermediary for President Putin, who could now seek to keep Prigozhin on side to manage his mercenary forces in Africa.
Katia Glod said that Belarusians were focused on how far The Crisis had weakened Vladimir Putin , as it would also mean a weakened Alexander Lukashenko .
" The Twin pillars of Lukashenko are the Kremlin and the violence of [Belarus] security services that fulfil Lukashenko's orders.
" In the short term it could mean more repression as Lukashenko feels more weakened. If the Kremlin looks less reliable as a pillar it could mean Good News in the long term. "
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com