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Kremlin spokesman: Prigozhin case will be dropped, he will move to Belarus (kyivindependent.com)

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The insurrection case against Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin will be closed, and he will move to Belarus, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on June 24.

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[–] chaogomu@kbin.social 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This entire thing has made Putin look weak as fuck.

He had to cut a deal to stop the coup attempt.

He's also a strongman style dictator. Cutting a deal to end a rebellion that he promised to crush? No, his days are now numbered. This coup attempt failed, but it will not be the last coup attempt.

When the perpetrators of a coup attempt are free to try again, they will. A lesson the US didn't learn either.

[–] kjr@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

@chaogomu Right:

Putin's regime looks weak... to negotiate with a private company to avoid that their attack the capital of the country (a private company, not the NATO, not a bit terror organization) looks not really good.
The Russian army doesn't seem to be able to defend the Russian territory from the incursion of an organized armed force (able to occupy in hours a town with more than one million inhabitants)
Wagner doesn't look now as a company in which future stakeholders can trust, and trust is the base of the work of contractors.

I think it is embarrassing for everyone involved.

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