Dude is shifty and scary in equal measure, much like Putin. Is there something about Russian genetics that turns a sixty year old man into a Bond villain?
Putin's image is manufactured. He's an evil bastard, and a feeble old man
Seems like they might have taken the Southern Military District. I have no idea what the end game here is but it's a crazy news item. Could influence a lot of geopolitical events in the years to come. Or it could be a flash in the pan that's over shortly.
If putin can't quash this in 72 hours, he is in real trouble.
Vladimir Putin is facing a major military crisis after Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin declared war on Moscow's own defense ministry, claiming Kremlin officials had killed thousands of his soldiers. POLITICO could not verify the claim that Wagner troops had entered Rostov and Prigozhin did not present evidence of the massive troop movements he claimed were underway. Prigozhin claims around 100,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in the war on Ukraine. Prigozhin's move comes after he claimed 2,000 Wagner men were killed as a result of strikes ordered by Russia's Ministry of Defense. In one video appeal, Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev, first deputy chief of the general staff of the armed forces, said Prigozhin does not have the authority to give orders.
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