Kremlin Command Nodes Go Dark (video commentary)

02/01/2026

The future of Russia is being defined by an institution that is cracking under pressure because the Kremlin runs on internal protection and a constant flow of liquid cash. Vladimir Putin calls his centralized chain of command the vertical of power yet when just one gear slips the tremor does not stay local and today he is delivering a vassal state to China. Russia is being kept running one rushed fix at a time while the economic death spiral creates a fiscal hole that cannot be bridged because tax revenues have plunged by 46 percent.

The Kremlin is cannibalizing its own future to pay for the present by using the National Wealth Fund as a desperate payday loan while infrastructure reaches a state of total collapse. Decades of systemic corruption left the power grid failing in cities like Angarsk where residential areas were abandoned to freezing Siberian weather because repair budgets were diverted to cruise missiles. Every piece of advanced hardware lost is effectively gone forever as the system can no longer absorb the shocks of international isolation and frontline failure.

Historical parallels show a technical atrophy that follows a pattern of losing power as results disappear and theatrics replace competence during the final years of the regime. We are watching real time how 500 dollar drones dismantle 50 million dollar hardware pieces while the high command prepares to replace Admiral Sergei Pinchuk. Russia is no longer an empire but a distressed asset for neighbors to buy as the vertical of power loses its grip region by region and ministry by ministry.

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