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"A law enforcement veteran and head of the regional office of the Russian equivalent of the FBI, he has acquired such a fearsome reputation in the southern Russian city, formerly called Stalingrad, that when he walked into a local restaurant last summer, other customers stood up and walked out," he writes. The New York Times.

"(...) However, last month, near his home in the city now called Volgograd, official Mikhail K. Muzraev was forced out of his car at gunpoint by a group of heavily armed men sent from Moscow by the FSB (...). He was They were taken by plane to Moscow and put in prison on the same day,” the article says.

Muzraev's arrest has shaken the fragile balance at the heart of President Vladimir Putin's rule among the so-called siloviki - a vast network of security, intelligence and military officials whose power, resources and clan rivalries are steadily intensifying as Russia begins to wonder will occur when the president's final term expires in 2024," writes author Andrew Higgins.

"Since Putin's rise to power nearly 20 years ago, rival agencies such as the FSB and Murzaev's organization, the Investigative Committee, have collaborated in the prosecution of Kremlin critics. They are now increasingly at odds amid mostly covert maneuvers to influence the protracted and, perhaps an uncontrollable struggle for succession. However, with the arrest of Muzraev, this struggle spilled over into open form,” the newspaper writes.

The publication recalls that “Muzraev imprisoned two mayors and the heads of the regional police, traffic police, drug control department and emergency services, as well as many prominent entrepreneurs of the Volga city. During the interview, some of them accused Muzraev of destroying their lives with criminal charges that they say are bogus, and reported joy after the news of his unexpected fall. But even they do not believe the story put forward by the FSB that their sworn enemy was involved in the assassination attempt on the region's governor, Andrei. Bocharov, (...) appointed by Putin to govern Volgograd in 2014."

"The alleged attack on the governor - a ludicrously bungled act of arson at a heavily guarded luxury residential complex in Volgograd - occurred three years ago, no one was injured, the damage was minor, and it was previously reported to have been uncovered and the alleged arsonists were jailed."

"Nobody believes this fairy tale," says Roman Zaitsev, a former Volgograd police investigator who left the police force to become a lawyer. Zaitsev was charged in 2017 by Muzraev with “inducing false testimony” after he refused to force one of his clients to confess to a murder he denied committing.

According to Zaitsev, he briefly fell into euphoria and drank champagne after learning that Muzraeva had been detained by the FSB. But his dizziness quickly disappeared when he realized that “this is not a victory for justice,” but the result of “a struggle between different clans from the same system.” “This is not a struggle between good and evil. It is evil against evil,” says Zaitsev.

"(...) Nikolai Petrov, a political scientist, notes that the sudden disfavor on the part of the FSB towards such an influential law enforcement figure as Muzraev is a clear sign that the balance of "divide and conquer" between the various clans of "siloviki" - whose loyalty The Kremlin and wariness towards each other, which was the cornerstone of Putin's rule, is being shaken," the article says. “Without a clear signal from Putin about what he will do in 2024 or who will replace him, the whole system falls apart,” says Petrov. “Putin controls all the main steps, but we are seeing more and more steps from one or another elite clan".

“(...) Russia’s elite has long been rocked by internal strife, but much of it has taken place outside the public eye, invisible or at least indecipherable to anyone except a small circle of Kremlin insiders,” the article notes. - IN last time The first time the various law enforcement clans clashed so openly in public was in 2007, during the so-called “war of the siloviki” around the time that was supposed to be the end of Putin’s presidency in 2008. In the end, Putin never left, taking over as prime minister and entrusting the presidency to old friend Dmitry Medvedev for four years before returning for a third presidential term in 2012."

“Putin may well try a different ploy to stay on beyond 2024, political analysts say, but concerns about his intentions have left rival powerhouses scrambling to assert their influence ahead of a possible transfer of power at the top,” writes The New York Times.

The publication points out that “by the time of his arrest, Muzraev had already left his post as the regional head of the Investigative Committee last year and was working as a special adviser to Alexander Bastrykin, the national head of the Investigative Committee in Moscow. (...) To ensure that Bastrykin’s agency, which usually deals with criminal cases, "related to arson could not play a role in deciding Muzraev's fate, the FSB investigative department in Moscow classified his case as "terrorism, a crime over which the secret police have exclusive control."

"Vladimir A. Sementsev, one of Mr. Muzraev's lawyers, says that (...) the secret police (...) have a long history of arresting people to extort money or favors, or simply to show who chief During an interview in his Moscow office, Sementsev called his phone. mobile phone a man who introduced himself as a former FSB general and offered to help resolve Muzraev’s case. After the conversation, the lawyer said that such offers are usually expensive."

“I’m not saying that my client never did anything wrong. I don’t know his whole story,” Sementsev says. “But I’m absolutely sure that he is not a terrorist who tried to kill the governor.”

"(...) Before his arrest, Muzraev was in many respects an exemplary servant of the system created by Putin. As long as law enforcement agencies remained loyal to the Kremlin, they were given free rein under Putin to pursue their own intrigues, feuds and financial interests, even if they conflicted with the president's stated policy goals, such as developing small businesses. Under the guise of fighting corruption, which had long been a particularly serious problem in Volgograd, Muzraev so intimidated the local business and political elite that the local economy stalled. no one dared to rock the boat for fear of being arrested by his Investigative Committee."

"(...) Muzraev was so feared that he became known as the "night governor" - a reference to his connections with underworld rumors, and to his shadow powers beyond the control of the region's nominal senior official, the governor, three of whom came and went during his term," the article said.

"Zaitsev, a former investigator turned lawyer, compared him to Voldemort - 'He Who Must Not Be Named' - from the Harry Potter books. 'He was the 'dark lord' of Volgograd," says Zaitsev.

"Ivan I. Kurilla, professor of political science, grew up in Volgograd and long years who taught at the city's main university, said Muzraev's fall from grace had all the hallmarks of a classic Russian power struggle, and described it as a clear sign of "dogs fighting under the rug." This is a reference to Winston Churchill's remark, made during Stalin's reign, that "Kremlin political intrigue can be compared to a bulldog fight under the carpet. At first the observer hears only a growl, and when the bones fly out from under the carpet, it is already clear who has won." , says the article.

Kurilla added that it is not yet clear who will win the battle over Muzraev and his activities in Volgograd, but it is already clear that this is much more than just a provincial quarrel. “Something is happening in Moscow,” he said.

So, US President Donald Trump fired his national security adviser John Bolton on September 10 - and this event may become the first step in the election campaign of the current head of the White House.

Trump did not want to be re-elected with a “hawk” in his company and, probably, did the right thing, since the very presence of such a person on the presidential team provoked opponents to questions about Donald’s loyalty to his peace-loving promises of 2016. Indeed, the American leader did not start a single new war, but, however, he did not complete a single war - ​from those started by his predecessors. Moreover, because of Bolton’s opposition, it was not possible to finally withdraw troops from Syria. Thus, Trump broke his promise to Erdogan - and we see that relations with Turkey this year have completely deteriorated for the United States.

The ex-assistant generally constantly interfered with Trump in all his peaceful endeavors: as soon as the president tried to establish a dialogue with North Korea, an aggressive adviser immediately came out and threatened Kim Jong-un with the fate of Muammar Gaddafi, which looked especially piquant, because it was with Bolton that the late leader of the Jamahiriya when He agreed to curtail the Libyan nuclear program. Or, more recently, Trump expressed satisfaction with the beginning of unblocking relations between Kyiv and Moscow, supporting the exchange of prisoners. And immediately Bolton appeared in the Ukrainian capital, promising military assistance to the country.

Perhaps the straw that broke the president's patience was the adviser's interference in negotiations with the Taliban. But the main reason for the resignation is, of course, relations with Tehran.

From the very beginning, Trump apparently did not want a war with Iran - he only sought to renegotiate the nuclear deal on more favorable terms for the United States. He needed, first of all, for Tehran to abandon its support for the Houthis in Yemen (which threatened Saudi Arabia) and Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria (which Israel demanded). Trump needed Bolton primarily as a threatening reminder to Iran of what could happen if it does not agree to a new deal.

Upon his appointment in April 2018, the national security adviser was widely perceived as the author of a sensational article calling for “bomb Iran.” Having such a person in one’s close circle was beneficial for promoting the desired policy. But Bolton clearly did not intend to play the role of an empty “scarecrow”. I believe he really hoped to provoke the outbreak of military action against Tehran, and he had certain resources to assert his independence.

Bolton was considered the man of the main sponsor of the Trump election campaign, the owner of gambling houses in Las Vegas and Macau, Sheldon Adelson, who is closely associated with right-wing circles in Israel. If the presidential adviser called for simply bombing Iran, then Adelson generally proposed testing a nuclear bomb on Iranian territory. Choose some quiet, deserted place for the strike in order to avoid many casualties, but at the same time hint at the possibility of repeating the action in case of disobedience. With Adelson standing behind Bolton and Netanyahu looming behind him, Trump was forced to reckon with an overly proactive adviser, who for some time became the most influential figure in the administration. Now Adelson seems to have quarreled with Netanyahu, and there is a version that this has given Trump a free hand.

The slogan “bomb Iran” is now recognized as politically erroneous, especially since the American leader, according to press reports, is planning a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Rouhani. Of course, Bolton’s resignation is, among other things, also a positive signal to Tehran. Probably, Trump took the week-long pause from announcing Bolton’s successor in order to monitor the reaction of his Iranian partners and see if they could be rewarded, say, with the appearance of one of the influential anti-interventionists like Senator Rand Paul or TV commentator Tucker Carlson in the advisory chair.

It seems that the owner of the White House still managed to shake the positions of his opponents precisely on the foreign policy front. We see that in the Republican camp there is no one who would replace the late Senator McCain, that is, no one is challenging Trump as a known defeatist. And the Democrats understand that going to the presidential elections as a party of war is a hopeless matter. As a result, Trump managed to brilliantly reduce the entire foreign policy discussion in his camp to disagreements with Bolton. It turned out that the only alternative to the president was his bushy mustachioed adviser or someone similar in his views. If not Trump’s cunning policy of blackmail, scams and deals, then either a war without prospects quick victory, or a slow and inglorious descent from Olympus of the unipolar world.

I am sure that sooner or later Trump will again call on someone to play the role of “chief hawk.” The political style he has chosen makes it impossible to pursue a single consistent course. If you play poker, you can't help but bluff, which means you need to constantly demonstrate what you have in your hands. strong cards. Bolton's mistake was that he wanted to be not only a card, but also a player in his own right. But he was allowed this to a certain extent.

So we will still wait for the appearance of a person in the place of mustachioed John Bolton, who is capable of building a working dialogue with Russia, in particular, on the issue of concluding START III and renewing the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces. And also someone who can lead the United States out of the “Syrian trap.” However, it is very likely that the new national security adviser will be some four-star general, who with his appearance will try to return the president to the support of the military. And generals are always reluctant to make diplomatic contact.

Join the Dark Brotherhood, a legendary order of assassins, to save it... or destroy it. Complete the campaign to receive 40 new cards to add to your collection. Select the name of the add-on on the main screen and start the adventure.

If you have not yet pre-ordered “ Fall of the Dark Brotherhood”, you can start a campaign in two ways:

• Triple set: get all three cards of the new application “ Fall of the Dark Brotherhood” for 1490 rubles!
• Individual cards: The first card can be purchased for 599 rubles. or 1000 game gold. Once you complete the first map, the second and third maps will become available for purchase.
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• When you purchase all three cards, you will be rewarded with a Doom Wolf mount for The Elder Scrolls Online! Go to the “Dark Brotherhood” menu, click on the “Get code for The Elder Scrolls Online” button and redeem your code on the game website The Elder Scrolls Online, to get the Doom Wolf mount. Please note that you can only get the wolf in the PC version.

Map Changes

Secret path

The card's ability to deal with special lines, such as those in the campaign, has been limited. Fall of the Dark Brotherhood" Now “The Secret Path” only changes the Field lines to the Shadow line. This does not apply to the finished game.

• Secret path: “Summoning: all lines of the Field become lines of the Shadow. Gives friendly creatures +1/+0.”

Anassi

When “Anassi” stole a talisman from a creature, the talisman would break, sometimes bringing a bonus to the owner of that creature. She didn't like it, and neither did we. Now, when “Anassi” steals a talisman, it remains intact, and the creature that lost the talisman does not receive any bonuses.

Also, to indicate that the effect only occurs after the ward is broken and not when it is stolen, we added text to the descriptions of the four cards: “When this creature's ward is broken.”

• Daggerfall Mage: “A talisman. When the “Daggerfall Mage” amulet breaks, it gives the “Tome of Change” to the hand.
• Breton sorcerer: “A talisman. When the “Breton Sorcerer” ward breaks, summons a 5/5 “Ice Atronach” with a guard.”
• Sorcerer Iliak: “A talisman. When the “Sorcerer Iliac” ward is broken, its power doubles.”
• Champion of Shornhelm: “Talisman. When the Shornhelm Champion's ward breaks, he gets +3/+3.”

The change that “Anassi” introduced makes the play of these four cards somewhat worse. After the release of this update, it will be possible to capture souls from “Daggerfall Mage”, “Breton Sorcerer”, “Sorcerer Iliac” and “Shornhelm Champion” until April 19th.

New Ability: Shapeshifting

“When a creature turns into another creature, it retains its previous items, parameters and damage received”.

Unlike transformation, which completely replaces one creature with another, shapeshifting changes appearance creature, leaving all its previous items and characteristics.

New Keyword: Demise

“When your creature with the ability“Destruction” destroys an enemy creature on your turn, the corresponding effect is activated”.

Older cards that were described as “attack and destroy” now have this keyword, and attack is no longer a requirement. As a result, these cards are more effective because they gain a bonus by destroying a creature without attacking. (For example, with the item “Staff of Sparks.”) “Bane” allows you to reduce the amount of text in the description of cards, which always benefits the game.

• Adept Hircine: “Bane: May attack again this turn.”
• Child of Hircine: “Bane: May attack again this turn.”
• Renegade Pachmar-rath: “Death: Draw a card.”
• Eviltongue Arcane: “Lethality, Bane: +1 to maximum magic.”
• Lucien Lachance: “Lethality, When a friendly creature destroys another creature, it gets +2/+2.”
• Blood Magic Lord: “Summon and Bane: Grants a Blood Magic spell to your hand.”
• Lord Nightclaw: “Consume, Bane: Summon a slain creature.”

After you play an action card

The changes affected three cards; it was necessary to clarify their interaction with general effects, such as “Ice Storm” (without changes in functionality). For example, if your Crystal Tower Master is 3/3 and you cast Ice Storm to deal 3 damage to all minions. damage, this creature dies before it can activate its bonus. The text has been changed from “when” to “after” to clarify this point.

• Lillandril Sorcerer: “After playing an action card, deal 2 damage to the enemy. damage."
• Artaeum Genius: “After playing an action card, a random friendly creature gets +1/+1.”
• Master of the Crystal Tower: “After playing an action card, Master of the Crystal Tower receives +1/+1.”

Interface changes

• Display: On your first visit to the home screen, tooltips are displayed in more muted tones.
• Titles: New titles from the “campaign” have appeared Fall of the Dark Brotherhood”.
• Profile: The experience bar is now completely filled with gold for level 50 players. You can also track the percentage already collected cards set “ The Dark Brotherhood”.
• Collection: “Dark Brotherhood” has appeared in the filters.
• Soul Capture: You will now receive notification of a change to your deck when capturing a card's soul in advance, rather than after the window closes.
• Merchant's Camel: This card now shows both players discard two cards.

Not long ago, the Dark Brotherhood appeared in TES online, and now Bethesda has pleased its fans with the new addition “The Fall of the Dark Brotherhood” in the card game.

"The Fall of the Dark Brotherhood" is a new story campaign. The campaign is divided into three acts and will feature over 25 missions and 40 new playing cards.

As in the main campaign, the plot outline is created from a story about a certain “Forgotten Hero”, who, in fact, is you, that is, the player. The Forgotten Hero plays the role of a double agent who must infiltrate the Dark Brotherhood. At first glance, the employer is a certain merchant, whose daughter killed her mother and went to the Dark Brotherhood. Full of righteous indignation, the hero sets off on a mission, but it gradually becomes clear that the Dark Brotherhood has a completely different version of events. Everything is not so simple both with employers and with the task.

Players will have to make important decisions that will affect the tasks they receive and the plot twists of the entire story. Once you choose one thing, you can’t go back and choose another.

For example, even if you buy an add-on for full money, you still won’t get all the innovations in your hands right away. You'll have to go through the entire campaign! By completing her quests, players will unlock new cards only available through Fall of the Dark Brotherhood, including three new Legendaries. They will have to save a pig, fight during a masquerade ball where everyone is constantly spinning around, fight in prison, and also take part in showdowns between skooma dealers and many other events.

In the campaign you will encounter new lane conditions that have never been seen in the arena. For example, “prison” - you cannot summon a card to this line, but you must secretly kill the card “sitting” in the prison. In the conditions of the round, cards appeared that were initially on the table and set the conditions, with the “indestructible” marker - that is, they cannot be removed from the field by the corresponding spells. For example, “skooma” - activating the card gives your creature a dash, but its entire defense becomes equal to 1.

For those who play TES-online, the purchase package includes an additional gift - a “black wolf” mount.

Fall of the Dark Brotherhood review

Fall of the Dark Brotherhood review

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