 Russian control over Crimea, Sevastopol in question. Recently, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has presented the new heads of the Russian Navy, Northern and Black Sea fleets. Crimea.Relis media outlet. Actually, the admirals appointed to these posts were already acting as commanders, but Moscow preferred not to inform about Vladimir Putin's personnel decisions. It is noted that the very fact of the total change of fleet commanders is the evidence that the Russian Navy has demonstrated its inefficiency and lack of modernity during the Russian-Ukraine war. One of the main narratives of Putin's aggression, control over Crimea and Sevastopol, has been questioned. The importance of the Black Sea fleet staying in Sevastopol has always been one of the main political objectives of the Russian Federation, not only in Putin's time, but also under Yeltsin. Sevastopol was perceived as the main base to dominate the entire Black Sea. However, the first major war has already demonstrated the failure of these plans. The Black Sea fleet was not capable of interfering with Ukrainian trade and Sevastopol was constantly being hit by airstrikes, so much so that the Black Sea fleet headquarters and other facilities had been turned from offices into targets. Russia has had to relocate part of its fleet urgently to an obviously unprepared bay in Novorossiysk and re-establish a reserve fleet in Ochamchera in occupied Abkhazia. It is clear that the responsibility in this situation should have been placed on the heads of the Russian Navy and Black Sea fleet and not on Putin with his Blitzkrieg plans and lack of understanding of how the world has changed. And this is despite the fact that in the past the Russian Black Sea fleet could only fight against the weak, but when it was rebuffed, it went down safely. But as we know, Russian leaders have a peculiar relationship with history. Crimea.reli says It is noted that the question now is what tasks Putin will set before the new commander of the Russian Navy, Alexander Moiseev and new commander of the Russian Black Sea fleet, Sergei Pinchuk. Will he demand to preserve at least what is left or to restore the fleet's capabilities in the Black Sea, block trade routes and intensify strikes on Odessa, Ismail and other Ukrainian ports? Knowing Putin's megalomania, Crimea.reli leaned towards the second option. And this means that the Russian Black Sea fleet will continue to look for trouble and lose ships, especially since the new scapegoats who will be responsible for Putin's further disappointments have already been appointed. Military mutiny brewing in Russia. Ukrainian Major General warns a military mutiny could break out in Russia. It may arise when the Russian occupants realize that Russian President Vladimir Putin is using them on a roll of the dice. The opinion was expressed by the former deputy head of the security service of Ukraine, Major General of the reserve Viktor Yahun in an interview with Glavred. He notes that part of the occupation army does not understand what it is doing in the war. At a certain point, Russian military will realize that they are being used on a roll of the dice. Putin tried to realize similar events in Ukraine, but we have a different situation altogether. The Ukrainian military are conscious. They understand what they are defending and why they are at the front. However, the situation is different among Russians. A certain category of their military, especially the lower ranks, do not understand what they are doing in the war, Yahun said. According to him, one part of the Russian occupiers came to fight in Ukraine to avoid problems, the second part rejoices with blood, and the third part makes money from the war. But the vast majority don't understand at all what this war is about and what the Russians are doing here. They do not understand who and from whom they are liberating when they are not loved here, he noted. It should be noted that Russia is on the verge of turning against Vladimir Putin as the country's economy is running out of ways to fend off crippling Western sanctions experts have warned. After Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the West hit Moscow with brutal sanctions aimed at isolating the country on the world stage. Putin has managed to minimize the damage to Russia's economy so far by burning through his cash reserves. But Yale's researchers and economists Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen Tien warned the lives of Russian citizens will soon get a lot more difficult. Tien told Business Insider, people are living regular lives for now, but it's a completely unsustainable strategy and the fundamental growth drivers underpinning that economy are deteriorating in front of our eyes. And if Trump's not elected, then all of that will rise to the surface. The House of Cards will come crashing down. Sergei Guryev, a Russian economist and the incoming dean of the London Business School told the same outlet that Russia will be hit with a deep recession that could cause social unrest. He said Putin doesn't believe that Russia is doing very well. Putin understands the deficiencies of the statistics, but he needs to convince Russians that everything is fine.