The insurrection case against Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin will be closed, and he will move to Belarus, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on June 24.
- foni ( @foni@lemmy.fmhy.ml ) 32•1 year ago
Either Prigozhin is very stupid, or he is very smart.
My bet is that polonium tea will give us the answer.
- holo_nexus ( @holo_nexus@kbin.social ) 29•1 year ago
What an insane 24 hours. Man just completely fucked Putin and the government and shoots to Belarus.
Maybe didn’t get the support he needed?
- DarkGamer ( @DarkGamer@kbin.social ) 23•1 year ago
Even without support it’s incredible how close to Moscow he was able to get.
- xNIBx ( @xNIBx@kbin.social ) 19•1 year ago
Yeah, his bff general Surovikin told him to fuck off. If Surovikin supported him, he had a legit chance at getting a lot of support from parts of the military. But once Surovikin was out, he had no chance.
- 52fighters ( @52fighters@kbin.social ) 14•1 year ago
Being in Belarus is convenient for when he wants to give it a second go.
- floofloof ( @floofloof@lemmy.ca ) 3•1 year ago
Putin will be working hard on making this impossible for him.
- steebo_jack ( @steebo_jack@kbin.social ) 23•1 year ago
When did wars have trades like an NBA trade deadline? MSN headline is literally “Prigozhin to be sent to Belarus as part of deal” my question is who does Russia get in return?
- zedtronic ( @zedtronic@kbin.social ) 14•1 year ago
I’d say 1st round draft, but I think Russia already did that…
- floofloof ( @floofloof@lemmy.ca ) 4•1 year ago
Well Putin probably likes having a bit more time to figure out how to get rid of Prigozhin and Wagner, rather than having them at the gates of the Kremlin with guns.
- CrimsonOnoscopy ( @CrimsonOnoscopy@beehaw.org ) 16•1 year ago
Can Putin survive something this humiliating?
I guess we will have to wait and see. This can’t have been good for the morale. And this was also the first time that the Russian citizens would have felt vulnerable about their security.
- CrimsonOnoscopy ( @CrimsonOnoscopy@beehaw.org ) 7•1 year ago
Actually there were cross border raids not long ago also causing panics
Didn’t he basically win at this point?
- CrimsonOnoscopy ( @CrimsonOnoscopy@beehaw.org ) 4•1 year ago
No. He was humiliated, having topardon someone he just hours ago called a traitor.
In any case the coup was put down and putin remains in power.
- CrimsonOnoscopy ( @CrimsonOnoscopy@beehaw.org ) 2•1 year ago
Having conclusively shown his weakness, and the hollowness of his power.
I don’t know about that. He can boast that he put down a coup attempt in less than a day.
- xNIBx ( @xNIBx@kbin.social ) 13•1 year ago
Not even Lukanshenko is safe in Belarus, what are the chances that Prigozhin will be safe there. He will probably escape to southeast Asia.
- floofloof ( @floofloof@lemmy.ca ) 5•1 year ago
He’s a fairly distinctive-looking potato. I doubt he’ll be safe anywhere.
- DarkGamer ( @DarkGamer@kbin.social ) 10•1 year ago
Those who refused to participate [in the insurrection] will sign contracts with Russia’s Defense Ministry
So Wagner will be absorbed into Russian forces. I wonder how the mercenaries feel about this.
- kjr ( @kjr@kbin.social ) 4•1 year ago
@DarkGamer what it will be difficult will be to absorb into Russian forces the teams of Wagner deployed in other countries, especially African countries. They have been deployed as private contractors working for the local government or for local rebel groups. But… as part of the Russian Army that is diplomatically unsustainable (only exception Syria, since Russia is present there).
- Grant_M ( @Grant_M@lemmy.ca ) 3•1 year ago
LOL Putler and his terrorist chef are weak
- palordrolap ( @palordrolap@kbin.social ) 3•1 year ago
“Friend, Belarus is the next place we will go after we take Ukraine. That will be a less bloody military exercise, of the kind that you say you are interested in. We are strong enough without you in Ukraine. Go to Belarus. Infiltrate. Await orders. Their president is already on our side. It will be easier than we thought even Ukraine to be.”
- ANuStart ( @ANuStart@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
Plinko drafted first round by Bob Barker. Congrats dawg
- taurentipper ( @taurentipper@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
He better be very wary of high floors and windows