DEFINITELY YOU SHOULD READ THIS . OMG SHIT IS GOING DOWN
the post is longer than feminists screeds about whitey and men bad so i just give excerpt here. Its written by a russian who was sceptical that russian coruption wont fuck shit up and has been translating most of prigosin rants he believes they arent rants of scizo boomer .
Here is the short and dirty sequence of events that led to this.
- The Tuvan gangster running the MoD forced through a decree demanding that Wagner and all militias and PMCs bend the knee to him. I predicted that this would end badly.
- Prigozhin publicly stated that he would not comply and began raising support among his own men and other outfits
- The doddering little guy in the Kremlin that some allege is the President of Russia came out on the side of Shoigu at his presser
- Prigozhin releases yet another, final video lambasting the MoD and telling the dirty truth about this Not-War (working on the translation for tomorrow)
- The MoD allegedly bombs Wagner’s positions after, presumably, negotiations with Prigozhin broke down (MoD denies this)
- FSB announces warrant for Prigozhin’s arrest
- Prigozhin declares that he will fight, moves in on Rostov, takes over the SMO HQ
- MoD helicopters start getting shot down. So far three are rumored to be downed, one plane (unlikely)
- Wagner moves north on Voronezh and soldiers there lay down arms
- Putin condemns Wagner as traitors in video address
- Moscow declares state of emergency and anti-terrorism operation/regime
- Putin condemns Wagner as traitors in video address
- Wagner begins advance on Moscow
- The national guard is being scrambled in Moscow, men being sent out to meet Wagner before they get to Moscow
Now, this is the very short and dirty list. Every single point on this list is worth an article explaining how it went down. But we cannot lose sight of the forest for the trees now that the situation is developing dynamically.
The most pressing question on everyone’s minds is, of course, does Wagner have a chance? The answer may surprise you.
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YES.
SHHHHHHH!!!! Shut your traps for once and actually hear me out on this one before you write out your angry replies. Consider the following:
- They have taken the time to prepare for this as evidenced by all the preparations for the march that occurred prior to it, that I reported on
- They are mercenaries, not hopeless romantics, which means they wouldn’t agree to a risky operation if they didn’t think they had a chance
- The Russian army is weak, deployed along the front, very slow and uncoordinated and demoralized, while Wagner is professional, has nothing to lose at this point and is moving very fast
- If Wagner truly only has 25k men like Prigozhin has said, that doesn’t mean that others won’t join up in the coming days
- The FSB has an army of about half a million people all over Russia, true. Unfortunately for them, most of these agents are glorified mall cops that won’t stand a chance against actual battle-hardened mercenaries
- Wagner’s commanders are far better than Shoigu’s generals: Utkin and Lotus are legends that we have covered on this blog before.
I put Wagner’s odds at pulling off a full coup at a solid and very scientific 14%. Actually, the real deciding factor for a successful coup is whether or not they have friends inside of Moscow. Clearly, as I have proven before, they do. So, actually, the better question is, will their friends within the Kremlin come through for them?
What is happening now is literally a repeat of the Kiev campaign.
Wagner is making a dash towards Moscow with the assumption that someone will open the gates of the city to them. There is literally no point in moving on Moscow otherwise. Do I have to state the obvious? They are not going to be able to storm Europe’s largest city with 20k men. That is not the plan, clearly. When they arrive there, they expect someone to step up to the plate and deliver.
Whether or not this will happen is, of course, up in the air.
Also, the actual power-holders in Russia, the oligarchs, are mum so far on the topic. Except for Khodarkovsky, the exiled oligarch in London that is, who came out on Wagner’s side. With a few more oligarchs on his side, preferably with actual power in Russia, Prigozhin will have a fair shot at securing the W.