pips to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoWagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russiawww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square342fedilinkarrow-up11.82Karrow-down125cross-posted to: statecraft@lemmy.cafenews@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldglobalnews@lemmy.zipnews@beehaw.orgworldnews@lemmy.ml
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minus-square@JustAManOnAToilet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoHe just stopped. It was the most bizarre coup attempt, really.
minus-squareCylustheviruslinkfedilink7•edit-21 year agoI mean he had to know, right? With guys like Putin if you go hot, you either kill him or he has you killed. There is no in-between. His entire image relies on that. Maybe they had Prigozhin’s family or something?
minus-square@frezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year agoIt might be that he was counting on the support of one or more Generals. That fizzled at the last minute, and then he didn’t know what to do.
He just stopped. It was the most bizarre coup attempt, really.
I mean he had to know, right? With guys like Putin if you go hot, you either kill him or he has you killed. There is no in-between. His entire image relies on that. Maybe they had Prigozhin’s family or something?
It might be that he was counting on the support of one or more Generals. That fizzled at the last minute, and then he didn’t know what to do.