Putin appeared paralyzed and unable to act in first hours of rebellion

Many on the local level could not believe the Wagner rebellion could be happening without some degree of agreement with the Kremlin, the security officials said

The other side of ruling with an iron fist and micromanaging people. If you stop doing that, these people then just think this is all part of what is supposed happen and are unable to act on their own without explicit orders.

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

Putin's aid: "Sir, the people... They are rebelling against you!"

Putin: "What? Why did they not just roll over and die like I thought they would? This is fucking up my plans! 😩"

How very Stalin-esque

He also died of cancer four times now.

The so called rebellion was planned. Now all of Wagner is in Bellarus, running drills close to the Polish border.

1. Washington Post is an american propaganda outlet when it comes to foreign policy articles. You might as well be linking VOA or RT.
2. That whole mutiny is fishy AF. There were rumours Prigozhin was betrayed by his deputy and informed the Kremlin. The CIA said they knew a week in advance. There was only a minor skirmish between a jet and a convoy on the way to Moscow where 12 soldiers died.

I don't understand what happened there or how the guy who tried to overthrow the government is still walking free. I've never heard of this in history before. The whole thing smells.