That’s why Prigozhin has always couched this as rebellion against the Russian Ministry of Defense (MOD) and NOT Putin.
He says it is Shoigu and the other oligarch generals that have been robbing the Russian military blind and the MOD issues orders based on paper battalions and cannot supply even rudimentary ammunition.
Many Russians are pissed about their soldiers coming home injured or in body bags because of poor field leadership.
Prigozhin has been scratching that itch like crazy for months on TV and other media.
He needs to keep saying he’s trying to “rescue” Putin and the Motherland.
I don’t trust him; he is the guy who slow kills his own men with sledgehammers for God’s sake!
Nothing good will come from this.
I don’t know for sure what the deal is with Prigozhin. I was actually surprised Putin has allowed him to get away so far with saying the things he has. But it seems obvious at this point that Prigo has gone rogue. Don’t know if he was bought off by CIA money or in cahoots with the Russian oligarchs. Maybe both.