Ikr? Like it’s insane how this guy was the one pulling the strings essentially until Putin fucked him over, and then he said he wants “revenge” because I think one of the leaders got 2k of his people killed.
The really surprising thing to me is that none of the 'stans have done likewise. The 'stans are supplying most of Russia’s troops that aren’t criminals apparently. To the point where more than 80% of the males under 40 are now in Russia’s army. Like, most of their tax base and productive citizens. Prigozhin would do well to enlist their support. Interesting program recently on ABC RN about Trans-Nistria (part of Romania next to Ukraine) that was enlightening about the choices available to ex-soviet countries during this conflict. Prigozhin is clearly nearly as big a bastard as Putin, but appears to have the guns on his side for the moment. The abc live blog made the interesting point that Prigozhin took control of the Rostov airport ‘so that the planes would be shooting at Ukraine and not us’. Says a lot I think.
Didn’t have “watch a Coup d’état go down” on the cards for my weekend. But hey, I’m here for it!
Wait what. What’d I miss?
Wagner vs Russia - 2023
Russia. Leader of the Wagner group is looking for revenge against Putin and the Kremlin. And the other story is a coup happening.
Edit: no wait leader of the Wagner group is staging the coup.
I just had to google who and what the Wagner group was, but damn. How juicy
Ikr? Like it’s insane how this guy was the one pulling the strings essentially until Putin fucked him over, and then he said he wants “revenge” because I think one of the leaders got 2k of his people killed.
Prigozhin probably on the wests payroll now.
The really surprising thing to me is that none of the 'stans have done likewise. The 'stans are supplying most of Russia’s troops that aren’t criminals apparently. To the point where more than 80% of the males under 40 are now in Russia’s army. Like, most of their tax base and productive citizens. Prigozhin would do well to enlist their support. Interesting program recently on ABC RN about Trans-Nistria (part of Romania next to Ukraine) that was enlightening about the choices available to ex-soviet countries during this conflict. Prigozhin is clearly nearly as big a bastard as Putin, but appears to have the guns on his side for the moment. The abc live blog made the interesting point that Prigozhin took control of the Rostov airport ‘so that the planes would be shooting at Ukraine and not us’. Says a lot I think.
Prigozhin is def not a good guy.
The only person I know in Russia is pretty close to Rostov. We fell out cos he wouldn’t accept me for who i am but I’m trying to reach out to him.
No one saw this coming but he may have been a little more across it. Luckily he’s between Rostov and Ukraine