World News @lemmy.ml Boiglenoight @lemmy.world 1 yr. ago

Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is still in Russia, Belarus leader says

www.nbcnews.com Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is still in Russia, Belarus leader says

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the mercenary who led a mutiny in Russia, was thought to be in exile in Belarus. However, when NBC News went to the Presidential Palace in the capital Minsk, President Lukashenko said that Prigozhin is still in Russia. NBC News’ Keir Simmons has more details.

This doesn’t sound great.

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What the hell is going on over there
- Whole lotta WTF. But I’m thinking, if this guy with his own private army was vanquished so easily…there was a rumor his family was threatened.
  
  He wanted to capture shoigu and didn't manage to do it. Probably failed to garner as much support as he thought he would and had to call it off.
  
  You don't plan a coup for 9 months and not secure your family, common
  
  Do you think he was vanquished or paid off? He's never criticized Putin directly, just those working under him.
This whole shitshow is cathartic because it reminds me of my ex's family, so it's like I'm watching their toxic behaviors playout as the fight each other.
- Except this time, the ex's family's got thermo-nuclear warheads.
Over/under on Prigozhin already being dead?
- Is there an option for "being tortured right now?"
- He was seen alive and free in public after the deal, so I'd say him and Putin are currently engaged in a game of cat and mouse. He could have been caught, but I don't think it's really to be expected.
- He's not shy from posting on social media. I think he's dead.
Dude, whaaaatttt?
At moments like this, remember: There are liberals watching this unfold and thinking "Hey, I hope a bloodbath happens".
- I don't mind a turmoil in russia anymore, as long it's helping Ukraine to regain their lost territories. I feel kinda sorry for the normal people in russia but on the other hand it feels like most of them don't care or are pro Putin.
  
  You don't care if they die if are pro-Putin.
- Are they though?
  
  Are they hoping for conciliation and a happy end between Wagner group and Putin?
- Oh yes, because conservatives are known for their compassion.
  
  Unless you're poor, queer, have the wrong religion or race.
  
  Or are you actually a tankie and pro-russia because they once called themselves communist?
- It's hard to feel sorry for Russia, which is shoving its own arm into the meat grinder. You want to avoid bloodshed? Easy, just fuck off back to where you came from.
- Happens? Happened: https://www.minusrus.com/en

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