Sunday, July 2, 2023

The Russian 'Revolt' That Wasn't

Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the mercenary Wagner Group, in a video he released last weekend. 

Seymour Hersh: Prigozhin's Folly: The Russian 'Revolt' That Wasn't Strengthens Putin's Hand 

The Biden administration had a glorious few days last weekend. The ongoing disaster in Ukraine slipped from the headlines to be replaced by the “revolt,” as a New York Times headline put it, of Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the mercenary Wagner Group. 

The focus slipped from Ukraine’s failing counter-offensive to Prigozhin’s threat to Putin’s control. As one headline in the Times put it, “ Revolt Raises Searing Question: Could Putin Lose Power?” Washington Post columnist David Ignatius posed this assessment: “Putin looked into the abyss Saturday—and blinked.”  

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4 comments:

  1. Russia is still insisting they hit a military command post and killed two generals and dozens of other officers.

    Victoria Amelina: Ukrainian writer dies after Kramatorsk strike

    So proud to be a russian!

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  2. https://twitter.com/MyLordBebo/status/1674115755871289344?s=20

    Foreign volunteers, mercenaries or trainers in Kramatorsk a small summary as a video.

    The English speaking guy with the ranger tattoo and his injured buddies are 100% American. Guy with the US flag on his helmet, speaks also English so, I would guess American.

    Other guys running around with T-shirts of the US military could have gotten them from the store or as a present, but there are provable (former?) US military men in fighting age close by and injured.


    By the way, the place got hit because an American merc playing part-time soldier couldn't resist posting a picture of his meal on facebook.

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  3. life expectancy in Russia now same as in Haiti

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  4. 8:17
    Is a liar and sniffs airplane glue.

    5:52 is right. They used that restaurant as a meeting place , which ,means they were discussing operations. Even if it was informal.
    Legitimate target.

    Any civilians killed... then by NATOs

    " rules based order"

    they would be collateral damage.

    Just like Afghanistan, Iraqi, Panama, Libya
    Ect.....

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