1991 coup attempt was extremely unpopular. They had very little support and hoped to rely on fear.
Prigozhin is quite popular and he attempted to create a narrative that the enemies are Shoigu and the Oligarchs, who are both very unpopular and tried to avoid mentioning Putin as an enemy - just a Czar betrayed by courtier traitors.
Now Putin came out with a statement against him so Prigozhin has to attack him, but he will choose “a good Czar, who got fooled by traitors”.
We’ll see how it will work.
Plus there’s Putin repeatedly threatening nuclear weapons if he doesn’t get his way and conquer his Slavic neighbor and former brother-in-arms Ukraine.
So, right now Russian soldiers are thinking about these things and asking the same questions soldiers have asked themselves since the dawn of time:
“How Fk-D am I?”
Gee, let’s see:
-nuclear war, death in a meat grinder, and continue the slaughter for the same oligarchs and megalomaniacs who put them there.
Or:
-Go home. Live. Stay out of trouble and have a life.
-If it takes marching on Moscow so be it. At least they will have a chance at life and liberty.
IMO they will choose the ‘I am Less-Fkd’ option.