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Fascinating situation in Russia. A couple of good sites to keep up with the latest Ukraine and Russia situation from a Russian perspective are.

Reminiscence of the Future...

http://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2023/06/putin-verbatim.html#disqus_thread

Moon of Alabama

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/06/on-prigozhins-insurrection-farce/comments/page/2/#comments

One take here I think might be true

OK here is my theory, piecing together the likely facts:

1.There is a largish fifth column in Russia, including within the military. This 5th column was supposed to take over in 2022, when Russia was supposed to collapse. It did not fall and the fifth column was not activated

2. Wagner or some of them were always part of the deal- or at least in the negotiation phase

3. The existence of this 5th column is well known to Putin and co, which is one reason for the caution re Ukraine

4. Shoigu and Gerasimov have long known or suspected Wagner of being untrustworthy, which is one reason for using them in the hard task of Bakhmut

5. Several months ago Shoigu and the MOD had hard evidence of probable treachery, given at least one senior guy had defected. They also wisely feared Priggy as a populist danger in any upcoming election for President. Now recall when priggy started talking about being president. Many on here giggled and assumed he was trolling the Ukrainians, planning to take on Zely, but i ALWAYS assumed he was talking about the Russian presidency. Thought in fact it was pretty damn obvious.

6. MOD did start to restrict munitions deliveries to Priggy, because he was no longer trusted

7. Priggy started his over the top attacks on the MOD, confirming his untrustworthy status.

8. Information about Priggy talks with Ukraine came to light and Priggy started far more damaging attacks on the MOD

9. Putin's comments about parquet generals was essentially saying we have uncovered a nest of traitors, but for PR and morale we will just call them incompetent (which perhaps is also the case)

10. Priggy, encouraged by his new NATO paymasters, thought that the Russian defence would fail. Then Priggy would come a riding in as the saviour and deliver a coup in Russia. The one planned for 2022 that did not happen

11. The Ukrainian offensive failed and basically this coup is the last throw of the dice. Use it or lose it.

12. Having crossed the Rubicon so to speak Priggy has now gone full Ukraine

Posted by: watcher | Jun 24 2023 14:16 utc | 174

Good morning..very good post norsky!. Passing it along to friends. They need this perspective.

Wyatt

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