Putin's military crackdown

Rosenberg: Putin’s military crackdown follows Prigozhin’s incitement

It is intriguing when a senior defence official is apprehended in Russia.  Five senior defence figures were restrained in less than a month, which is considered a purge.  Lt Gen Vadim Shamarin, the deputy chief of the army's general staff and director of the Main Communications Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces, is the most recent senior military official imprisoned.