Posted on 06/24/2023 12:43:10 PM PDT by FarCenter
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'Headache for everyone in the Kremlin'
The formerly media-shy Prigozhin has become the face of Russia's war against Ukraine. His rising publicity has given rise to speculation of possible political ambitions. According to the independent Russian website Meduza, Prigozhin was planning to launch a patriotic and conservative movement that would eventually evolve into a political party — an idea he has publicly denied.
As Tatiana Stanovaya wrote in the article for Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Prigozhin's ambitions in the political arena may damage his relations with the Kremlin. "The domestic policy overseers don't like his political demagogy, his attacks on official institutions, or his attempts to troll Putin's staff by threatening to form a political party, which would be a headache for everyone in the Kremlin."
The Kremlin's desire to tighten the reins on Prigozhin was seen in the move to strip him of the right to recruit convicts who, according to the US National Security Council, make up 80% of Wagner troops. In an interview with Russian military bloggers and state media this week, he acknowledged that after the downsizing, the Wagner Group would have a more limited role in Russia's war effort.
Prigozhin's only path is to become a politician, given the responsibilities that he has been assigned, said Kolesnikov.
"However, Putin doesn't want to bring him into the legal field, which would mean strengthening him as a politician," the analyst told DW. "As long as Vladimir Putin is able to subtly control political forces, he can withdraw Prigozhin from the chessboard at the right time and put him back to his usual place — in underground politics."
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Prigozhin probably had been warning about what he would do, unless the Kremlin stopped doing some things; and today, Prigozhin made his point (as far as he could).
A 2017 U.S. intelligence report on Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 Presidential Election specifically named Prigozhin’s troll factory as a main player, using “targeted advertisements, intentionally falsified news articles, self-generated content, and social-media platform tools to interact with and attempt to deceive tens of millions of social-media users in the United States.”
His activities landed him on the FBI’s Most Wanted list, with the agency offering a $250,000 reward for information leading to his capture. He stands accused of conspiracy to defraud the United States by interfering in the functions of the Federal Election Commission from 2014 to February 2018.
Wanted by our FBI for:
US election: ‘Hacking of our hearts and minds’
The concern that foreign powers such as Iran, Russia and China could meddle in the US presidential elections appears justified. In the run-up to the 2016 election, Russian hackers spread misinformation on social media via fake profiles and released stolen emails and files from Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee with the goal of harming her campaign and increasing Trump’s chances of winning the presidency.
His biggest challenge will be not assuming room temperature.
Poor _freezer … better get on that wood chopping! Winter is coming!
You need something new to be aMorePerfectPutinStooge.
Oh, _freezer!
You european moderates add such color to our American website.
Thank you!
Unlike you I am a Patriotic American Citizen supporting the American side against your God Putin’s Terror Invasion of Ukraine.
You are welcome!
Apparently not!
And Putin probably replied, “Yeah, and I have tactical nukes - your move”.
You're the homeless guy who hangs out at 48th and Broadway at Times Square telling people Putin stole his brain.
Putin replied: “I have to dig some trenches around Moscow”. BRB.
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