[Zhang Fei]

Ukraine ping

Lonely Are The Brave: [Follow the money. Prigozhin has been paid by some black ops.

Machiavelli had no use for mercenaries.]

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Paid? He’s been marked for death. Putin has tried to have him killed several times. It’s what he does to keep his underlings, civilian and military, in line. Prigozhin can’t even go into exile without risking assassination by Putin or being arrested as a war criminal and spending the rest of his time in prison. So he’s making a play for the throne.

And they’re not really mercenaries. They’ve only really fought under the Russian flag, at Putin’s behest.

[marktwain]

Paid? He’s been marked for death. Putin has tried to have him killed several times. It’s what he does to keep his underlings, civilian and military, in line. Prigozhin can’t even go into exile without risking assassination by Putin or being arrested as a war criminal and spending the rest of his time in prison. So he’s making a play for the throne.

Worth repeating.

Prigozhin doesn't have much of a choice. Obviously, he saw this as his best chance.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Zhang Fei.

• Wagner chief 'declares war' on Putin after Russia launches missile strike on his troops [06/23/2023]

[DUMBGRUNT]

—” So he’s making a play for the throne.”

Looks to be quite a step up, there may be an iron ceiling just over his head.

Prigozhin the top chef that likes military uniforms?
He does not have a mil-spec history until his involvement with the Wanger Group.

The clothes thing can happen.
“The apparel oft proclaims the man”
Shakespeare
Or.
Kissinger’s glasses
https://youtu.be/xwY2CgIkduA

Becoming a top chef requires being a top manager; warfare is all about logistics, and he could get by with some OJT.
Strategy and tactics, hire the right people.

Do the clothes make the man or is this just another Potemkin village in the Ukraine?