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Wagner coup in Russia? Wagner declared war on the Russian army

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Re: Wagner coup in Russia? Wagner declared war on the Russian army

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FSB has been mobilized in Moscow and security plan "Fortress" has been enacted to safeguard govt buildings in Moscow. I am getting popcorn.

prove?

Well either this is the best psyop I have seen in a long time or something is happening:

https://twitter.com/Liveuamap/status/1672359193863487491

Re: Wagner coup in Russia? Wagner declared war on the Russian army

#39
Zerohedge, which is basically just a Russian propaganda source, is saying that the Wagner chief is already attempting to walk back his comments. Which kind of makes sense, as a moderately sized PMC has approximately zero chance against the might of a nation. So I'm not really sure that anything is gonna happen here. Hope I'm wrong, though.

Re: Wagner coup in Russia? Wagner declared war on the Russian army

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Wagner leader Prigozhin is gambling and betting everything on red (or black?). The problem for the Russian government is that many ordinary pro-war Russians see Prigozhin as a hero. If they kill him, he'll become a martyr. For all I care both sides are war criminals and should answer for their atrocities in Ukraine. If they can kill each other without also killing civilians, don't think we should stand in their way t…

> If they kill him, he'll become a martyr

Prigozhin seems to be playing this savvily. Extremely savvily. He isn't directly threatening Putin. There is a face-saving change in which Shoigu et al are executed and Prigozhin and Putin split their cookies. Putin can frame it as discovering they lied to him, and possibly even re-set expectations for the war in Ukraine.

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