Russian military leaders will likely start hiding critical information from Putin to save their own necks, researcher says

• Top Russian military leaders will likely start hiding information from Putin out of self-preservation, a Russia researcher wrote for NYT.
• Those generals are "now even more dependent on Mr. Putin for their safety and positions," she added.
• Indeed, as Russia is at a critical point in its war against Ukraine, Russian military officials have shown more interest in sniping at each other.

Russian military leaders will likely start concealing bad news about the war in Ukraine from the Russian president because they are increasingly concerned about their own safety.

That's according to Dara Massicot, a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation who focuses on Russia.