Firing does not mean sending people to jail because they did a bad job.

Normally an employer can only fire you. But when your employer is also a dictator, you can indeed end up in jail for bad performance.

So no, firing is not really a proper term.

But are these people going to jail?

> But are these people going to jail?

The first paragraph of the news piece states that "the head of the department responsible for Ukraine was sent to prison."

Here's the second paragraph:

> In a sign of President Putin’s fury over the failures of the invasion, about 150 Federal Security Bureau (FSB) officers have been dismissed, including some who have been arrested.

I couldn't read more paragraphs as the article seems paywalled.

Someone posted an archive link around the paywall, like I said there are two confirmed arrests.

Yes, arrested, not fired

So two "purged," 148 fired.

If you really want to win this discussion, no problem, you win. There you go, now you can carry on with your day.

Purging means to remove. So yes? Firing has always meant purging.

It’s the comparison to Stalinist purges that’s a problem.

Large numbers of people purged by firing don't properly go away so purges by a dictator usually get more brutal in their treatment of the purged over time.