6/24/2023, 3:42:29 PM · by MinorityRepublican · 32 replies
Business Insider ^ | Jun 24, 2023 | Michelle Mark
Posted on 06/24/2023 2:25:42 PM PDT by McGruff
The rebellious Russian mercenary commander who ordered his troops to march on Moscow before abruptly reversing course will move to neighboring Belarus and not face prosecution, the Kremlin said Saturday, as part of a deal to defuse a crisis that represented the most significant challenge to President Vladimir Putin in his more than two decades in power.
The charges against Yevgeny Prigozhin for mounting an armed rebellion will be dropped and the troops who joined him also will not be prosecuted, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced, and fighters from his Wagner Group who did not take part in the uprising will be offered contracts by the Defense Ministry.
Putin had vowed to punish those behind the armed uprising led by his onetime protege, whose forces seized a key military facility in southern Russia before advancing on the capital. In a televised speech to the nation, Putin called the rebellion a “betrayal” and “treason.”
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LOL
Ha. Good idea.
Like Broadway Joe’s on 15th Street for Joe Namath. (Gone now but opened Charlie and Joe’s At Love Street in Forida) And Chelli’s Chili Bar for Detroit Red Wings star Chris Chelios.(also closed down.)
Many other celebs open these. This guy’s will have to have poison tests each hour, just in case.
I think Russia is moving a wide variety of men and materiel around to various convenient locations, all while being “in disarray”. If I were Ukrainian, I’d be getting ready to be surprised by a Big Push.
Ukraine wasted a lot of stuff in a failed counter-offensive. How much stuff do they have for a defensive effort?
Was this whole thing staged to have an excuse to move the Wagner group to Belarus and closer to Kiev?
So, all you knowledgeable Russia hands, they let Prigozhan walk or he gets one in the head?
Maybe the whole thing was a Boomerang to US State Department. A sting.
Flushing out offers and rebels.
Some people speculate that the Wagner "race to Moscow" was actually a convenient re-positioning of them for an assault on Kharkiv.
The news is so shrill and fake, anything is possible.
Maybe the whole thing was a Boomerang to US State Department. A sting.Wouldn't it be nice to be able to trust one's own State Department again?
What was that?
I couldn't hear, I was yawning...
Poor Adam Kinzinger haz the sadz. The Ghost Of John McCain didn’t get his wish.
You just might be closer than anyone else!
Yeah. “Pooty is weakened” isn’t a comment on Putin. It’s an update on how pride month is going for them so far.
The Zeepers were orgasmic all morning.
This is some kind of ridiculous ploy that the USA should have no involvement in.
We should not be wasting billions in this craphole just to protect dirty diaper joe and all of his cohorts in congress.
It is disgusting.
Excellent point.
I wonder if he will fall out of a window.
A teachable moment!
The Ukes had a chance to rush the line vacated by Wagner
The Ukes did not advance
AFU is shot, a spent force
If Prigozhin believes this is is 100% stupid. He is a dead man if he cannot get a western evac...and protection.
Along with the top 5-10 Wagner leaders.
The men will be spared.
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