What it is is a good old fashion military coup. With Prigozhin and his troops playing the role of the Praetorian guard.
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Wagner mercenaries enter Lipetsk region en route to Moscow
The governor of Russia’s Lipetsk province said Saturday afternoon that Wagner Group mercenaries had entered the region, some 400 kilometres (250 miles) from Moscow. Earlier in the day, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Wagner mercenaries of “treason” in a live address to the nation after the group’s chief Yevgeny Prigozhin called for an armed uprising to oust the defense minister on Friday.