Thousands of Russian Officials Fail Putin’s Paranoid ‘Loyalty’ Tests

Russia’s Vladimir Putin has apparently begun to question how loyal members of his government are ahead of a planned Ukrainian counteroffensive that threatens to deal his war machine another blow.

Sources cited by Russia’s Vedomosti newspaper on Wednesday said authorities recently completed an internal investigation into the “emotional state” and behavior of employees at federal agencies.

Out of 2 million people surveyed, 33,000 officials were weeded out for perceived misconduct involving social media—in some cases the “offense” was as simple as following supporters of imprisoned Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny.

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