Russia’s generals are undermining Putin

Now we know: Even in a country as tightly controlled as Russia, a string of military defeats will be followed by public squabbling and perso [Bloomberg]( Follow Us [Get the newsletter]( [Putin’s War Hawks Are No Longer In Step]( — Leonid Bershidsky Now we know: Even in a country as tightly controlled as Russia, a string of military defeats will be followed by public squabbling and personal attacks. But then again, perhaps Russia is less tightly controlled as a battlefield loser than as the fearsome, almost unbeatable military superpower it was before invading Ukraine. As he celebrates his 70th birthday, Vladimir Putin should start worrying about his continued ascendancy. Photographer: Mikhail Metzel/AFP After previous setbacks, the Russian far right had already criticized the military top brass, especially Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who is not an ethnic Russian and thus an easy target for the ultranationalists. But last week, when Russia lost the important town of Lyman in the Donetsk region hours after declaring it, and the rest of occupied Ukraine, part of its territory, the accusations rose to a new level. Read the [whole thing](. [Biden Should Hit Saudi Arabia Where It Really Hurts]( — Bobby Ghosh [Yuan Retreat Shows China Can’t Crush a Market This Big]( — Daniel Moss [Throwing Shade Is Solar Energy’s New Superpower]( — Adam Minter [No, Credit Suisse Isn’t on the Brink]( — Paul J. Davies [An Unhinged Putin Is A Warning to China and Xi]( — Clara Ferreira Marques [Elon Musk’s Twitter Deal Is Back]( — Matt Levine [Europe Failed Its First Winter Energy Savings Test]( — Javier Blas [What If the Rental Market Is the First to Break?]( — Conor Sen [Ron DeSantis and the Rise of Free-Lunch Conservatism]( — Matthew Yglesias More From Bloomberg Opinion Here’s what we were talking about this week. - [The US dollar is causing global currency chaos]( with Daniel Moss, Shuli Ren and Tim Culpan - [Will the metaverse really change how we live?]( with Parmy Olson and Herman Narula - [Brazil’s Lula and Bolsonaro face a run-off]( with Bobby Ghosh, Clara Ferreira Marques and Eduardo Porter This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion published this week based on web readership. Like getting this newsletter? [Subscribe to Bloomberg.com]( for unlimited access to trusted, data-driven journalism and subscriber-only insights. Before it’s here, it’s on the Bloomberg Terminal. Find out more about how the Terminal delivers information and analysis that financial professionals can’t find anywhere else. [Learn more](. You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg's Opinion Today newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( | [Bloomberg.com]( | [Contact Us]( [Ads Powered By Liveintent]( | [Ad Choices]( Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington, New York, NY, 10022