The 2023 Russian Coup.

[spitfire]

Well this is a rollercoaster

 

[Petcha]

This reminds me of when the tory pro-hunt protestors attacked the met police outside downing st and they both kicked the shit out of each other all those years ago. It was all very confusing as to whose side to take. But very satisfying.

 

[tommers]

 

[The39thStep]

I recognise the analogy with the Cuban revolution in terms of how things snowball. The one that occurs to me is Mengistu's collapse in Ethiopia whilst having the largest and best equipped military in Africa at the time.

There has to be machinations outside Wagner propelling thus momentum, surely?

I know nothing btw...

Sorry this is not the time for analogies

 

[ouirdeaux]

Mine is that Prigozhin will be sleeping with the fish soon, along with half the Wagner Group commanders.

My head says you're right.

But I hope you're wrong.

 

[tommers]

What the actual fuck.

 

[Cid]

Surely his position is completely untenable now? The fuck? Well, time will tell I suppose.

 

[bimble]

Wtf . Does he think he gets to negotiate control of the mod now or something ?

 

[eatmorecheese]

Sorry this is not the time for analogies

Or baseless speculation, but what the hey

 

[Bingoman]

Well this has turn into a damp squib

 

[Dystopiary]

Lukashenka's press office has reported that Luka has negotiated with Prigozhin, who supposedly then agreed to "stop the movement of the Wagner and take further steps to de-escalate tensions."

Stranger things have happened but I can't believe it.

ETA Oops, missed Flavour's post above.

 

[RD2003]

What's that comedy war film where the people have a variety of flags to string up depending on what occupying/liberating forces are passing down their streets?

Not as outlandish as it seems in the Russian context. I still have stored somewhere letters and photos taken during the bombardment of the duma in '93 by one of the many who potentially risked their lives turning out to watch the action. What the fuck were you doing there? I asked when I wrote back. 'Seeing how it was going and trying to decide which side to be on,' she said. I'm not sure she was entirely joking.

 

[The39thStep]

Lukashenka's press office has reported that Luka has negotiated with Prigozhin, who supposedly then agreed to "stop the movement of the Wagner and take further steps to de-escalate tensions."

Stranger things have happened but I can't believe it.

There’s ‘security guarantees’ in the statement re Wagner as I read it .

 

[bimble]

Disappointed by the cowardice of a nazi adjacent mercenary warlord. Weird weekend.

 

[cupid_stunt]

What a weird change of direction.

 

[AverageJoe]

Well this is a rollercoaster View attachment 380603

I mean I've had some massive drug comedowns in my time, but I've never decided to drive to Moscow, nearly get there and gone "Wtf am I doing!!!"

 

[RD2003]

Well this has turn into a damp squib

Fucking scriptwriters. They always run out of steam and you get a crap last episode after the exciting build-up.

 

[skyscraper101]

Lame.

 

[bimble]

If his heads not on a spike tomorrow there must have been some deal made ?

 

[The39thStep]

I take it Putin has flown back ?

 

[spitfire]

This is the end game for Putin. Mark my words.

Called it.

 

[DaveCinzano]

After an audacious audio note campaign he has decided to pivot to video

 

[Ax^]

Don’t think he (massive mercenary) cares about ‘wrong’, just what’s the motivation to continue, especially if you’re a logistics man & realist. It was Putin’s thing.

he defend the war in previous remarks saying the Ukrainians are genetically Russian

so not looking like a peace nix

 

[Plumdaff]

If Putin doesn't immediately terminate Prigozhin with extreme force he's done for for isn't he. But similarly Prigozhin must know he's fucked if he backs down?

This is a level of five dimensional chess I don't really understand. It seems colossally stupid on all sides......

 

[DaveCinzano]

So anyway, about those Akhmat forces parked up around Rostov..?

 

[The39thStep]

Called it.

I’ll get strung out to add it to his collection

 

[strung out]

My predictions: Putin's gone I think, probably not this week, but this year. And it's the beginning of the end of the war in Ukraine.

You fucked it.

 

[cupid_stunt]

If Putin doesn't immediately terminate Prigozhin with extreme force he's done for for isn't he. But similarly Prigozhin must know he's fucked if he backs down?

This is a level of five dimensional chess I don't really understand. It seems colossally stupid on all sides......

He has backed down.

Surely Prigozhin has lost any and all creditability now.

 

[two sheds]

Is that Wagner convoy now a sitting duck for Ukrainian forces on the way back?

 

[LDC]

Are Putin, Prigozhin and Lukashenko in some kind of dramatic teenage love tryst? Drama queens ffs.