WWIII Return of the Ruskie

[The Nomad]

Worst coup attempt ever.

 

[The Nomad]

Such an anticlimax after I stayed home to watch the coup. I’ve half a mind to write a firmly worded letter to the Wagner group about this.

I wouldn't bother. They'll send the boys around. But they'll turn back half way.

 

[gene hughes]

Starting to think this was all just a big false flag to distract people from the submarine story.

 

[The Nomad]

Its all disinformation.. I don't see how Prigozhin comes back from this.

 

[Athens]

Starting to think this was all just a big false flag to distract people from the submarine story.

Another dead cat story!
They don't do coups like they used to.

 

[the count]

Worst coup attempt ever.

I suspect this is the first episode rather than the whole series.

 

[The Nomad]

I suspect this is the first episode rather than the whole series.

What next time they'll get to 60 miles then turn back?

 

[rurikbird]

FSB raided Wagner’s HQs in St. Petersburg and released some things they found:



Meanwhile in Rostov, the locals seemed to have enthusiastically accepted the Wagner group as their new overlords:

 

[The Nomad]

Political asylum in Belarus was the deal apparently.

Good luck with that Eugine.

 

[Athens]

So, was this all a ploy for Eugene to retire in sunny Belarus? Was that it?

 

[rurikbird]

I don’t think anyone saw it coming, but regular people in Rostov seemed to have taken to the camouflaged and brutal Wagner men and treated them like heroes when the news came they were leaving:


Then when their own Putin-appointed police have returned to the streets, they started blocking police cars and hurling insults at the cops:


Even as a Ukrainian I have to say: Russians are weird, man.

 

[the count]

What next time they'll get to 60 miles then turn back?

I don't think Prigozhin will be starring in the next episode

 

[doctor_mac]

Prigozhin can't believe Putin will honour whatever agreement they had? Handshakes, back slaps, and fair fucks, you had me there Eugene. Looks like he had it wide open but now he's going to end up having a Polonium sandwich.

 

[The Nomad]

 

[Woland]

Starting to think this was all just a big false flag to distract people from the submarine story.

And the submarine was just to distract from what's on philip schofields phone. It's off the charts bidenomics.

 

[rurikbird]

Looks like Western sanctions, ironically, were a factor in the coup not succeeding. Prigozhin has a wife and a daughter in Russia, he is wanted by the FBI, so he couldn’t “hide” them in a Western country before proceeding with his plan. As soon as FSB found them and (probably literally) put a gun to their head, it was over.

 

[rurikbird]

I don't think Prigozhin will be starring in the next episode

I wouldn’t be surprised if Prigozhin outlives Putin.

 

[Judge Jules]

Really, rurik? I get that they're both on shaky ground now but I'm interested to note that you think Putin's might be the shakier of the two.

 

[keniget]

Looks like Western sanctions, ironically, were a factor in the coup not succeeding. Prigozhin has a wife and a daughter in Russia, he is wanted by the FBI, so he couldn’t “hide” them in a Western country before proceeding with his plan. As soon as FSB found them and (probably literally) put a gun to their head, it was over.

You'd think he'd have gotten them out before...

 

[The Nomad]

 

[the count]

I wouldn’t be surprised if Prigozhin outlives Putin.

I suspect they are all on borrowed time.
I still haven't heard a plausible explanation for the chain of events on Saturday.
It will make for fascinating reading if the truth ever comes out.
Strange that Putin hasn't put in some sort of an appearance since his broadcast condemning the coup attempt early Saturday morning

 

[The Nomad]

I suspect they are all on borrowed time.
I still haven't heard a plausible explanation for the chain of events on Saturday.
It will make for fascinating reading if the truth ever comes out.
Strange that Putin hasn't put in some sort of an appearance since his broadcast condemning the coup attempt early Saturday morning

He has today.. no mention of it. Business as usual.

Growing whispers that Prigozhin didn't make it to Minsk and instead took the tea.

Oh and those charges? Still active. Whoops.

 

[Markeh]

I suspect they are all on borrowed time.
I still haven't heard a plausible explanation for the chain of events on Saturday.
It will make for fascinating reading if the truth ever comes out.
Strange that Putin hasn't put in some sort of an appearance since his broadcast condemning the coup attempt early Saturday morning

i was engrossed on Saturday morning then was busy and didn’t get a chance to check how things were progressing until Sunday morning… coup cancelled?? Very confusing outcome

two explanations I’ve seen have been what rurik posted, one the families of Wagner officers were threatened and the second some mega shadowy deal has been agreed where shoigu and gerasimov are to be phased out to be replaced by Wagner friendly men ahead of prigozhins return. Also mention of the second theory being long term, post Putin assuming he’s not well.

I vote for theory A with the added difficulty of people prigozhin expected to side with him abstaining from the coup.

 

[rurikbird]

One explanation I heard is that both Putin and Prigozhin underestimated how most Russians basically don’t give a fuck about anything at this point. Putin expected the army to defend him tooth and nail - instead they let the Wagner group take 2 major cities and advance all the way to the outskirts of Moscow. And Prigozhin expected a groundswell of support based on his populist rhetoric and while he got it to some extent from citizens of Rostov, he needed the Army, police etc to switch sides, but instead they just disappeared. In the end no one gave a fuck enough either to finish a coup or to violently suppress it, so everything just fizzled out.

 

[Markeh]

There’s a strong stick your neck out and get your head chopped off vibe about Russia, no surprise it’s very difficult to get support against the current regime.

 

[the count]

He has today.. no mention of it. Business as usual.

Growing whispers that Prigozhin didn't make it to Minsk and instead took the tea.

Oh and those charges? Still active. Whoops.

Was that confirmed as footage from today or just another recorded interview?
Is this going to be the strategy in how to deal with it, pretend it never happened?
Meanwhile Belarus Media reporting that Prigozhin is in a hotel in Minsk.
If I was him I would ask for a ground floor room.

 

[The Nomad]

Was that confirmed as footage from today or just another recorded interview?
Is this going to be the strategy in how to deal with it, pretend it never happened?
Meanwhile Belarus Media reporting that Prigozhin is in a hotel in Minsk.
If I was him I would ask for a ground floor room.

We sure it's the real Prigozhin and not one from one of those Wish passports?

 

[doctor_mac]

Was that confirmed as footage from today or just another recorded interview?
Is this going to be the strategy in how to deal with it, pretend it never happened?
Meanwhile Belarus Media reporting that Prigozhin is in a hotel in Minsk.
If I was him I would ask for a ground floor room.

If I was him I would ask for a ground floor room.

Damn tooting. And he should bring his own teabags.

 

[The Nomad]

Oh he's released an audio now saying he was never going to topple Putin

It was to show the army how it should he done.

Hahaha.

 

[rurikbird]