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2023-06-30 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

The Wagner 'Coup' Was Staged by Putin‐and the West Fell for It | Opinion

[Newsweek] By now, everyone has heard about the narrowly avoided coup in Russia: Last Friday night, Yevgeniy Prigozhin, one of Putin's most trusted allies and the commander of the notorious Russian mercinary Wagner Group, marched on Moscow in an apparent coup d'etat, only to come to a swift agreement with Vladimir Putin and decamp for Belarus. While most commentators acknowledged that things didn't quite add up, the "expert" class happily concluded that at least it had weakened Putin in his war against Ukraine.

None seemed to realize the obvious truth: The coup was staged, and completely faked false flag operation.

Think about it: An army invades Russia, race right up to Moscow, and no one gets hurt? With just a few thousand men, it achieved what Hitler with almost a million men wasn't able to? And Putin holds his military back? And then, with Moscow supposedly within his grasp, Prigozhin decides, "Oh well, never mind" and heads to Belarus?

Posted by Besoeker 2023-06-30 06:47|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 European satellite imagery appears to show Wagner building up military base in Belarus after Russia mutiny

Posted by Skidmark 2023-06-30 07:22|| 2023-06-30 07:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Pretzel Logic. Occam was a better analyst.

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-30 08:39|| 2023-06-30 08:39|| Front Page Top

#3 I haven't read the story yet, but what about the alleged shooting down of a Russian military whirly bird by Wagner Group "forces"? Was that b.s., too?

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-06-30 08:41|| 2023-06-30 08:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Regardless of the story Ukraine now has Wagner on their flank.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2023-06-30 08:46|| 2023-06-30 08:46|| Front Page Top

#5 I haven't read the story yet, but what about the alleged shooting down of a Russian military whirly bird by Wagner Group "forces"? Was that b.s., too?

Prigozhin said his troopers fired on no unit that didn't fire on them first.

Posted by badanov 2023-06-30 09:02|| 2023-06-30 09:02|| Front Page Top

#6 All I know is the US Media end-zone dancing quit.

I do like the "expert" class quip.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-06-30 10:39|| 2023-06-30 10:39|| Front Page Top

#7 #4 Regardless of the story Ukraine now has Wagner on their flank.

Apparently Luashenko has hired some of Wagner operators to train his own troops, part of the business offering of Wagner PMC.

Posted by badanov 2023-06-30 10:46|| 2023-06-30 10:46|| Front Page Top

#8 Obviously the failed coup is another indication of UKR winning.

Posted by mossomo 2023-06-30 12:44|| 2023-06-30 12:44|| Front Page Top

#9 I had wondered that just after the start of the next anti-Putin press-krieg that he wouldn't hold a joint with Prigozhin wherein Yevgeny would explain how much the Western intel people had tried to bribe him. All while Tsar Vlad herniates himself with mirth.

Posted by Cesare 2023-06-30 13:20|| 2023-06-30 13:20|| Front Page Top

#10 Ukraine failing to capitalize on Wagner rebellion

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-06-30 13:30|| 2023-06-30 13:30|| Front Page Top

#11 Seems to have been more of a mutiny than a coup. I expect some shuffling of the command chain below Putie to be in order.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-06-30 14:22|| 2023-06-30 14:22|| Front Page Top

#12 "Mutiny" sounds so harsh. Let's call it a tantrum.

Posted by SteveS 2023-06-30 18:17|| 2023-06-30 18:17|| Front Page Top

#13 Perhaps it was just a reminder that they hadn’t been paid and were running short of bullets again…

Posted by trailing wife 2023-06-30 20:59|| 2023-06-30 20:59|| Front Page Top

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