HARD TO SAY: Did Putin really flee Moscow as Wagner forces approached?
Related: Prigozhin’s insurrection has exposed a fragile Russia.
Plus: Why the Anti-Putin Coup Ended.
UPDATE:
Young Russian women fist-bumping Wagner fighters to say goodbye as they leave Rostov tonight.
Crowds gathered along to streets and cheered as the Wagner soldiers shot their guns in the air.
There is something very rotten in the state of Russia… pic.twitter.com/Fsqj4vbn8P
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) June 24, 2023
MORE:
Those who have been part of negotiations to reintegrate 3rd world insurgents and kidnappers into regular forces know the arrangement won't last because there's money in revolting against weak states. https://t.co/bty1cybFin
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) June 24, 2023
MORE STILL: Via a friend on Facebook:
And another comments: “This coup could have been an email.”
Plus: “The caterer to warlord pipeline makes perfect sense if you’ve ever seen the inside of a high end kitchen an hour before appetizers.” – Michael Shindler.