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Igor Sushko
Personal blog · igorsushko.compoliticshistory
Igor Sushko's personal blog at igorsushko.com covers politics and history. Since 2022, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “Alleged analysis of the current situation in Russia by an active FSB analyst”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this site as a source for a translation of an alleged FSB-related report on the war in Ukraine. The comments cite it for that document rather than for its own writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Learn about the origins & context of the #FSBletters from the #WindofChange to Vladimir Osechkin, a Russian human-rights activist exiled in France.
Most-linked posts?
- Alleged analysis of the current situation in Russia by an active FSB analyst2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-03-06
What Hacker News says?
I think this is the report they are talking about. Don't know if there are better sources. http://www.igorsushko.com/2022/03/translation-of-alleged-ana...
Comment linking /2022/03/translation-of-alleged-analysis-of.html
on “War will be a total failure, FSB whistleblower says”Submitted Alleged analysis of the current situation in Russia by an active FSB analyst as a story · 7 points
HN discussionIt's mostly just how the logistics happen to have turned out. Armies and battle theatres take a long time to move. And then there's the little thing where he believed the FSB's toadie intelligence [1] that he could take all of Ukraine in a day, 4 max. Putin has decreed that there shall be a victory by Victory Day (May 9), and every redistribution of personnel or materiel causes massive delays, making any kind of vic…
Comment linking /2022/03/hits-about-to-hit-fan-between-fsb-putin.html
on “Ask HN: Why hasn’t Putin put all his chips into Odessa?”