The locals in Rostov are having a selfie party taking photos with the Wagner troops and their tanks tonight. Crazy.
See, the one person in this that I don’t understand is Prigozhin. He had a reasonably good chance of seizing Moscow and declaring himself president. The last two major regimechanges, 1917 and 1997, both involved brutal force and/or the military. Russia is used to this being the way parties change power.
Not sure why Prigo turned back. The only thing I can imagine is the threat of nuclear weapons, which Putin still holds command over.