Originally Posted by
Tartiflette Fan
I think the Moskwa may be where the kremlin's lies begin to be exposed to harsh light and criticism - that's even without "nit-picking " about the claimed storm against the mill-pond conditions shown on the photos. This ship will have a much higher percentage of specialist, long-contract personnel that any infantry unit/regiment and these long-serving sailors will probably have made their homes, with their families in their home ports e.g. Sevastopol. There will therefore be a large nucleus of families who will know each other/will form support groups very quickly to push for answers about their loved ones. I suppose that there is also a good chance that they will get unofficial support/information from sailors in the local bureaucracy.
If it turns out to be the case that hundreds of sailors have been killed, then I think this is likely to unravel quickly for Putin, with bad - but unquantifiable - results.
I honestly doubt it will make any difference at all. They'll just drip feed information and use the powers of the state to suppress any dissent amongst relatives. Putin's regime has a very firm hand on the domestic situation.