Sergei.

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“Durkin S.N. took a stool with both hands by the two legs, swung it over his head with great physical force downwards and sharply hit the victim’s upper forehead and parietal area of the head with the seat…"

One more musician of the Wagner group paramilitary mercenary Russian unit, having perished in battle, his decorations and memorial will not be rescinded.

"He killed his drinking buddy with a stool and slept with a teenager. A school in the North Russian region of Komi will keep medals of the criminal turned 'hero of the Special Military Operation [SMO]'”

From https://thebarentsobserver.com | Olesia Krivtsova Georgii Chentemirov | November 20, 2023.

"Sergei Durkin, a native of the village of Ust-Tsilma in Komi, spent many years behind bars. From prison, he was recruited to fight in Ukraine where he was killed on November 9, 2022. A year later, the house he had lived in was decorated with a memorial plaque, while his awards, including those from the Wagner paramilitary group, were taken to a local school. The Barents Observer spoke with the soldier's sister and with the principal of the school where they intend to keep Durkin's awards, regardless of his past."

Sergei I am afraid a very dubious character nonetheless his contributions to the Russian war effort, and his death in battle cannot be ignored. I think probably the right decision was made, but everybody must understand that he was not the most stellar character.

Just leave it there. That is best.

     

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Sudan.

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Preposterous? Absurd? Beyond the realm of any imaginable scenario? And at such an exact moment in time too! Place this one in the strange but true category?

Ukrainians involved in the Sudanese Civil War? Ukrainians?

"Video confirms Ukrainian special forces fought Wagner group in Sudan"

JOHN SEXTON | October 06, 2023.

   

“A video released today confirms a story that CNN reported a couple weeks ago. Ukrainian special forces were active in Sudan, attacking the local Rapid Support Forces (RSF) which were trying to overthrow the government with the help of Wagner group mercenaries. The video shows Ukrainian snipers and drone attacks on the RSF.”

See the video, Ukrainian special operations units versus Wagner musicians in the Sudan:

Personally, I am very confused by the Sudanese Civil War. RSF used to be called the janjaweed. Convicts released from prison forming irregular military forces, as used by the central government of the Sudan in suppressing the revolt in Darfur province using genocidal means to do so. Now Ukrainian special operations forces are in mortal combat with RSF and Wagner mercenaries? Wagner villains attempting to seize and control gold mines the Sudan. 

Please recall that Eugene the late great famous/infamous commander and owner of Wagner had a great preoccupation with mines. Salt mines, gypsum mines, uranium ore yellowcake mines and probably now gold mines. All at behest of the Kremlin and Vlad. Eugene gone now so someone else will take up the slack.

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Lingering.

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The musicians [Wagner] no longer minus a conductor.

I am not sure if that is good or bad. For the musicians [Wagner mercenaries] and Andrei both.

"New Wagner Chief, Tasked With Sending Fighters Back To Ukraine"

Handpicked by Vlad Putin himself! Again, I am not sure if that is good or bad!

From https://www.zerohedge.com | article by TYLER DURDEN | SEP 29, 2023.

"The future fate and leadership of PMC Wagner has become clearer on Friday, following the Aug. 23 death of Yevgeny Prigozhin and much of his senior leadership when their private plane went down outside Moscow while en route to St. Petersburg. It is believed that either a bomb was detonated, or it was shot down by an anti-aircraft missile."

I think we can now justifiably assume that reports of the death of Yevgenyy [Prigozhin] are valid. Regardless that in the future Yevgenyy will be spotted in the Burger King restaurant Irkutsk on numerous occasions!!

"The lingering question since then has centered on who will take command of Wagner, and whether it will remain a private entity, or possibly be broken apart. Those questions appear to have been at least partially answered with Putin's Friday Kremlin meeting with Andrei Troshev, among the most senior ex-commanders of the Wagner mercenary group and former aide to Prigozhin."

From the standpoint of the Russian and Vlad it is important that the Wagner entity remain intact and active. Not only as shock troops in the Ukraine but also in the mercenary world with many overseas adventures in furtherance of Kremlin global goals and ambitions.

According to the wiki entry this Andrei does have a military background by training and experience, in contrast to the late great Yevgenyy.

"Andrey Nikolaevich Troshev . . . is a retired colonel, former agent for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and a veteran of the Soviet-Afghan War, the Second Chechen War, and the Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war."

As for the rank and file Wagner mercenary, I would expect each and everyone from this moment forward to step easy, as if walking on eggs.

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Nenets.

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Yes indeed it makes particular hard viewing the collage as accompanies the Barents Observer article. Young men from the Russian Far North having perished the Ukraine Conflict.

"More indigenous men from Russian Arctic are killed in Moscow's war of aggression"

"On a cold morning in late January, the relatives of Vasily Taleev assembled to say a last farewell. The 33 years old soldier was the third man from the Nenets village of Nelmin Nos killed in Ukraine."

From https://thebarentsobserver.com | article by Atle Staalesen | September 07, 2023.

"The farewell ceremony for Vasily Ivanovich Taleev took place in the hospital morgue of Naryan-Mar, the regional capital, on the 31st of January 2023. He was later buried in his home town of Nelmin Nos, local social media inform."

"Taleev had signed up for service for mercenary group Wagner and was reported killed in early December. He was an ethnic Nenets and belonged to a family of reindeer herders from the far northern Nenets Autonomous Okrug."

The thought is that persons of Russian ethnic and racial minorities their casualties the Ukrainian Conflict disproportionate to their numbers in the overall population.

See additional Barents Observer articles the Ukraine Conflict:

https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2022/09/arctic-tundra-ukrainian-front

https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/2023/07/its-horror-line-fresh-new-syktyvkar-shocks-locals

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Demolished.

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Very grim indeed! Wagner PMC those combatants killed-in-action the Ukraine Conflict their burial locations a nice and neat cemetery now desecrated. Obliterated you could almost say. And done in a heavy-handed manner!

"heavy-handed: Overly blunt, forceful, or tactless."

 "DEAD & BURIED Wagner Group graves being DEMOLISHED by bulldozer after murder of Prigozhin as Russia ‘destroys cemetery he opened’"

From https://www.thesun.co.uk | Juliana Cruz Lima | 25 Aug 2023.

"A WAGNER Group cemetery has been demolished after leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a fireball jet crash."

"Hundreds of graves in the Russian village of Nikolayevka have had their crosses removed and were bulldozed to the ground."

"Earlier this year, the mercenary cemetery appeared in the southwestern region of Samara Oblast, where the late Wagner warlord unveiled a black obelisk in April."

"But on Friday, crosses and wreaths were 'piled up like rubbish' and the avenue that once was a memorial was replaced with a gravel-covered field."

Go see the embedded video. It does look bad. One pile of crosses and another of wreaths.

See additional prior blog entries Wagner PMC cemeteries:

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2023/01/russias-funeral-industry-booms-amid.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2023/01/departed.html

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Confirmed.

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"'As part of the investigation of the plane crash in the Tver region, molecular-genetic examinations have been completed,'"

Genetic analysis confirms that Yevgeniyy Prigozhin the owner/commander of Wagner PMC was aboard the jet that crashed, resulting in the deaths of all passengers and crew. Yevgeniyy gone!

From this point forward let us hope there will be no more controversy as to the death of Yevgeniyy. The man has perished.

"‘Genetic tests’ confirm that Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was among 10 people killed in plane crash, Russian investigators say"

From https://www.dailymail.co.uk | article by PERKIN AMALARAJ | 27 August 2023.

* "Russian officials said they have confirmed Prigozhin's death via genetic tests"

 * "Prigozhin died two months after launching a failed coup against Vladimir Putin"

"Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has been confirmed dead after genetic analysis of bodies found in Wednesday's plane crash, Russian officials have said."

"Russia's Investigative Committee said the identities of all 10 victims had been established and corresponded to those on the flight's passenger list."

Wagner PMC personnel will now be incorporated into the Russian army in totality? That remains to be seen.

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Buyers.

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More stuff the Yevgeniyy Prigozhin death!

1. "New clues suggest Yevgeny Prigozhin plane was bombed: Video shows 'buyers viewing plane on day it crashed' as jet owners say no repairs were carried out despite stewardess revealing last-minute 'maintenance'"

From https://www.dailymail.co.uk | RACHAEL BUNYAN | 25 August 2023.

"Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said to have died in a plane crash near Moscow"

"Fresh clues suggest that a bomb was planted onboard private jet before crash"

Last minute maintenance or "buyers" touring the plane prior to take-off. OH, we all know, don't we!

2. "Kremlin Says ‘Nyet’– Calls Accusations It Killed Wagner Chief Prigozhin an ‘Absolute Lie’"

From https://www.breitbart.com | SIMON KENT | 25 Aug 2023.

"The Kremlin on Thursday dismissed Western suggestions Wagner Group warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin had been murdered on its orders in a plane crash as an 'absolute lie' while adding confirmation of his death is dependent on test results."

Confirmation of death only upon test results. Like the infamous [JFK] Kennedy autopsy. OH, we all know, don't we!

3. "Zelensky: We Didn’t Do It, but Reported Prigozhin Death ‘Will Definitely Help Us’".

From https://www.breitbart.com | ARTEL | 24 Aug 2023.

"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denied any involvement in the plane crash north of Moscow on Wednesday that reportedly killed Wagner Private Military Company (PMC) chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, telling reporters 'everyone realizes' who the true culprit is."

OH, everyone knows whodunnit, don't we!

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Whodunnit.

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As I have predicted it has already begun! 

"Wagner Plane 'Crash' Whodunnit & Is Prigozhin Really Dead?"

"whodunit: noun - a detective story or mystery story"

From https://www.zerohedge.com | the article by TYLER DURDEN | AUG 24, 2023. Scoop on the story originally thanks to Nancy Youssef.

"Update(1324 ET): The assessment out of the US is changing fast, or rather anonymous US officials can't get their story straight."

* US OFFICIAL SPEAKS ABOUT PRIGOZHIN PLANE CRASH

* US DOESN'T THINK PRIGOZHIN JET DOWNED BY SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE

* EXPLOSION LIKELY BROUGHT DOWN PLANE BELIEVED TO CARRY PRIGOZHIN

* * *

"President Putin has vowed that the criminal investigation into the widely reported death of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin will be pursued to completion. Prigozhin is believed to have gone down with nine others, including top Wagner commander Dmitry Utki, in a plane crash outside Moscow on Wednesday which was caused either by an anti-aircraft missile or possibly midflight bombing."

Speculation and conjecture regarding the death of Yevgeniyy I can well surmise going to be a long-lasting topic of discussion devoted readers to the blog please be assured.

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Poof!

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Unless you live in a total news vacuum you cannot have but heard that Yevgeniyy the head musician of the Wagner Group now gone. Yevgeniyy just the other day having been the subject of a prior blog entry. The man hail and hearty at that time. Looking toward the future and all that. Now poof, Progozhin having terminated this existence.

"Wagner Boss's Plane Was Deliberately Downed, US Officials Believe"

From Reuters and Washington Free Beacon Staff | August 24, 2023 the tip from Freeper.

"U.S. officials told media outlets on Thursday that they believe the plane presumed to be carrying mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was deliberately taken down, though there was some disagreement as to how exactly the plane was destroyed."

"Russian air authorities have said Prigozhin, his right-hand man Dmitry Utkin, and eight other people were on the private plane that crashed with no survivors north of Moscow on Wednesday."

"Two U.S. officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Reuters that it was likely a surface-to-air missile originating from inside Russia shot down the plane."

DID ANYONE NOT EXPECT SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO OCCUR SOONER OR LATER?

My comment: This event let me predict will become the source of endless conspiracy theories far into the future. The plane spontaneously blew up from mechanical trouble. It was a bomb onboard. It was Putin who ordered the event. It was angry Wagnerites. It was a missile. It was a missile from the ground. It was a missile fired from a plane. Prigozhin was on the manifest but not on board. The remains are not his. DNA testing must be done. More DNA testing must be done. A man greatly resembling Yevgeniyy has been seen a number of times dining at a Burger King restaurant in Irkutsk. Etc. Endlessly.

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Geopolitical.

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Yevgeniyy speaks! Recruiting video Africa?

"Wagner's Prigozhin Issues Recruiting Video From Africa"

From https://www.zerohedge.com via Reuters | article by TYLER DURDEN | AUG 22, 2023. 

"Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Russia's Wagner private military company, has popped up in Africa, and issued his first full video address to the public since the mutiny events of June 23-24."

 "The temperature is +50 [122 deg. F.] - everything as we like. The Wagner PMC makes Russia even greater on all continents, and Africa - more free. Justice and happiness - for the African people, we're making life a nightmare for ISIS and Al-Qaeda and other bandits," 

Go here to see and hear the entire tweet. Sans translation subtitles unfortunately!

Devoted readers to the blog encouraged to read the entire article for themselves. Wagner active in Africa, those preponderance of African nations have signed military agreements with Russia! We have hardly heard the last of the musicians.

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Purge.

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Purge! Sounds like something from the Stalinist era!

Think many [?] more senior Russian commanders other than Surovikin and Popov cashiered or banished. All a result of the Wagner Mutiny?

"Putin's purge: 13 key military chiefs axed in brutal culling after Wagner Group mutiny"

From https://www.express.co.uk | article by TOM WATLING | Fri, Jul 14, 2023.

"The Kremlin has been systematically weeding out military officials it believes are either involved in mutinous activity or disrupting their attempts at misinforming the Russian public regarding the state of their 'special military operation' in Ukraine."

"weed out: in British English | VERB - to separate out, remove, or eliminate (anything unwanted)"

"Vladimir Putin has ordered the arrest of at least 13 high-ranking Russian military officers over the past three weeks as the Kremlin continues to crack down on those who supported the Wagner Group mutiny last month, people familiar with the situation have said."

I would suspect that these high-ranking military officers had more than a passing knowledge of the mutiny BEFORE it occurred. Perhaps were not participants but rather in tacit agreement or grudging approval of the actions taken by Yevgeniyy and Wagner group.

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Protest.

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More the rebellion/coup/mutiny the Wagner Group PMC.

1. "Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin breaks silence, claims attempted Russian coup was just a ‘protest’"

NY Post ^ | June 26, 2023 | Ronny Reyes | the tip from Freeper.

"Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin broke his silence Monday to claim his attempted coup against Russia was nothing more than a protest as some top Kremlin officials plotted to nix his mercenary army."

2. "Wagner Called off Moscow March Over Kremlin Threats to its Families: Report"

New York Post ^ | June 26, 2023 | Ronny Reyes | tip from Freeper.

"The Wagner Group called off its attempted coup in Russia after Kremlin intelligence services threatened to harm the families of its leaders, UK security sources say."

3. "Russian military contractor Wagner Group to disband"

From Arutz Sheva ^ | 26/6/23 | tip from Freeper.

"The leader of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, announced that the unit would cease to operate on July 1st, just two days after the rebellion against Russia. He explained that "the purpose of the march to Moscow was to demand accountability from those who made mistakes in the conduct of the operation" 

Keep in mind that Wagner PMC operates on a global scale, with reach into the Middle East and Africa rather significant. 

Troops [contractors] Wagner have a variety of options that will be offered to them?

1. Be absorbed into the Russian army? 2. Continue duty with various other Russian PMC?

Trustworthiness questionable from this point forward? 

See listing and prior blog entries alternative Russian PMC:

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2023/05/gazprom.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2023/02/enot.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2022/12/competitor.html

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Untouchable.

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Yevgeniyy walks on water? His situation untenable but still he survives. Living quite comfortably in Belarus.

"Why Did Putin Let Prigozhin Walk Away?"

From https://www.thedailybeast.com | the article by Allison Quinn  |  Jun. 24, 2023.

"The chaotic spectacle of Prigozhin’s armed uprising shattered Putin’s carefully cultivated image as a strongman leader. But the Kremlin seemed powerless to do anything about it."

"The same government that has been slaughtering Ukrainian civilians for more than a year because it claims NATO baddies are too close to its borders allowed its own rogue mercenary boss to shoot down military helicopters on Saturday and, according to state media, kill several soldiers before calmly waltzing away to a new life in Belarus."

"The Kremlin even publicly guaranteed that Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin had President Vladimir Putin’s 'word' he could safely leave the country—after conveniently having criminal charges against him dropped."

"So why is Prigozhin so untouchable? Or is the Kremlin simply biding its time to deal with him in a less public manner?"

Mostly in the debit side of accounts consider all the vitriolic pronouncements of Yevgeniyy directed repeatedly at the upper Russian ruling:

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2023/06/s-s.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2023/05/dramatic.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2023/03/explosive.html

And yet Prigozhin at least from outward appearances at this exact moment does seems to be exceedingly fortunate in a manner you could never imagine.

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Coot-B.

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Wagner PMC air defense the bane of the Russian air force? Seems to be so!

"Vladimir Putin breaks his silence in 'pre-recorded' interview about 'stepping up efforts' in Ukraine after Prigozhin's failed coup 'inflicted worst daily air force losses of the war with 39 pilots and crew killed by Wagner'"

From "Daily Mail" ^ | 6/25/2023 | Will Stewart | the tip from Freeper.

"Vladimir Putin has broken his silence about 'stepping up efforts' in Ukraine in pre-recorded interview that aired after he suffered his worst daily air force losses of the war. The Russian president, on state television today, said he was 'confident' in his forces where he alleged are 'in a position to implement all the plans and tasks ahead of us'. His speech aired today after it was claimed that Wagner mercenary fighters killed 39 pilots and crew by downing strike helicopters and a military plane during Prigozhin's rebellion"

Fixed wing and rotary wing Russian warplanes both in the sights of Wagner. At least for several days.

2. "Wagner Forces Shoot Down Russian Airborne Command Post Inside Russia"

From https://aviationweek.com | article by Tony Osborne June 26, 2023.

"Imagery published on social media has confirmed that a Russian Air Force Ilyushin Il-22M airborne command post platform [Coot-B] was among several military aircraft shot down inside Russia in an apparent attempted coup by the Wagner Private Military Co."

Among those Russian air force warplanes vanquished by Wagner air defense a normally high-flying Il-22 Coot-B flying command post!

No small potatoes there! Must have been especially galling and grating to Vlad!

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Musicians.

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Over even before it really began so it seems. At least from my perspective.

The "march on Moscow" and the rebellion by Wagner Group has come to an end and very abruptly.

Thanks here from the tips from Freeper.

1. "Russia says Wagner Group’s leader will move to Belarus after his rebellious march challenged Putin"

From  | AP ^ | June 24, 2023.

"The rebellious Russian mercenary commander who ordered his troops to march on Moscow before abruptly reversing course will move to neighboring Belarus and not face prosecution, the Kremlin said Saturday, as part of a deal to defuse a crisis that represented the most significant challenge to President Vladimir Putin in his more than two decades in power. The charges against Yevgeny Prigozhin for mounting an armed rebellion will be dropped and the troops who joined him also will not be prosecuted"

2. "Wagner leader Prigozhin will move to Belarus following the mercenary group's uprising against Putin, Kremlin spokesman says"

From Business Insider ^ | Jun 24, 2023 | Michelle Mark.

"The Kremlin has forged a deal with Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin to defuse the mercenary group's uprising on Saturday. In exchange for Prigozhin's exile to Belarus, the mercenary leader won't be prosecuted, the Associated Press reported, citing a Kremlin spokesperson. The reported agreement comes after a paramilitary rebellion on Saturday in which the Wagner Group marched across Russia before suddenly turning around just 120 miles from Moscow."

Comfortable [?] banishment and exile for Yevgeniyy to Belarus. For a man who was a personal confidant of Vlad Putin this must represent a very come-down!

Those very heated and repeated public displays of vitriol directed by Yevgeniyy toward the ruling elite in Moscow too an indication that "things" hardly going according to plan, the Russian effort the Ukraine Conflict creating great strain among the major players.

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Mutineers.

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See here video of Wagner Group and Russian army elements in mortal combat!

"WAGNER MUTINEERS FIRE ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILE AT RUSSIAN ATTACK HELICOPTER OVER VORONEZH (VIDEOS)"

From the Russian controlled [?] Internet web site https://southfront.org and thanks to same | 24.06.2023. 

"Fighters from the Wagner Group, which is now waging an armed mutiny, attempted to shoot down a Russian attack helicopter over the city of Voronezh while advancing towards the Russian capital, Moscow, on June 24."

"The fighters fired a missile from a Strela-10 short-range air defense system at the helicopter, a Ka-52. However, the helicopter fired flares and was able to dodge the missile, which apparently went on to hit a fuel depot and started a massive fire."

"Earlier reports said that Wagner fighters were able to shoot down at least one helicopter, a Mi-8, of the Russian military over Voronezh."

My thought is that the Russian army never expected to face Wagner PMC mutiny. Hell, the whole war was supposed to be over in two to three weeks max anyhow!!

"the best laid schemes of mice and men often go awry" 

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Suffer.

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"Everyone who organized and prepared the military mutiny, who took up arms against their comrades — they betrayed Russia and they will be held accountable for this," - Vlad Putin.

"Putin: All those involved in military coup will suffer inevitable punishment"

From https://english.pravda.ru  |  24.06.2023.

"In 1917, 'intrigues, squabbles and politicking' triggered a civil war because Russia's victory had been stolen, Putin said in a televised address to the nation in the morning of June 24. He vowed not to let this happen again."

"In his address to Russian citizens and military men, Putin said that masterminds of the armed rebellion were traitors. The president promised that they would suffer 'inevitable punishment.'"

"Similar actions led to the collapse of the army and the state in 1917, when Russia lost vast territories and found itself in the midst of a civil war."

The Russian Revolution of 1917. Russian collapse during the Great War from gross governmental incompetence resulting in cataclysmic events!

Perpetrators of modern-day revolt and rebellion their fate going to be grip if the coup fails!

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Vexing.

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Surrender en masse Russian troops to Wagner PMC now occurring? Surely such behavior extremely worrisome to Vlad Putin and the Kremlin elite if true.

"US Says Wagner Coup Is ‘Real’ And ‘Serious’ As White House Consults Allies"

From the Internet web site "Blazing Cat Fur" and thanks to same.

Rostov, Voronezh, Krasnodar, Volgograd all gone. Russian military contingents those major Russian cities either laying down their arms or maybe even joining the rebels? Major population centers given up without even a fight

* "Joe Biden has been briefed on the chaotic situation in Russia with US officials describing it as 'serious'."

* "The president was being kept informed as Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was accused by Moscow of launching an armed rebellion."

Can we yet think the Russian Revolution of 1905 or the Russian Revolution of 1917? Not at this exact moment but we are getting close!

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Rapid.

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Courtesy Esteban and within context of the Russian Wagner PMC rebellion/mutiny/coup consider how the French newspapers of 1815 covered the return of Napoleon from exile.

"Headlines from March 1815 in the Paris Universal Monitor, the French government’s newspaper, recounting the overthrown Napoleon’s escape from Elba and advance on Paris during the Hundred Days in which he (temporarily) overthrew King Louis XVIII:

* 9th March, the Anthrophagus [cannibal] has quitted his den

* 10th, the Corsican Ogre has landed at Cape Juan

* 11th, the Tiger has arrived at Gap

* 12th, the Monster slept at Grenoble

* 13th, the Tyrant has passed through Lyons

* 14th, the Usurper is directing his steps towards Dijon, but the brave and loyal Burgundians have risen en masse and surrounded him on all sides

* 18th, Bonaparte is only sixty leagues from the capital; he has been fortunate enough to escape the hands of his pursuers

* 19th, Bonaparte is advancing with rapid steps, but he will never enter Paris

* 20th, Napoleon will, tomorrow, be under our ramparts

* 21st, the Emperor is at Fontainebleau

* 22nd, His Imperial and Royal Majesty, yesterday evening, arrived at the Tuileries, amidst the joyful acclamations of his devoted and faithful subjects."

HEADLINES as purportedly describing the "advance and march" on Paris by Napoleon all a hoax and fake. Hopefully CNN, the Internet and global worldwide television can do a better job than the French newspapers of 1815.

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Secure.

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Those Russian elites ensconced Moscow obviously fearing an advance and march on Moscow by the rebellious Wagner PMC? Defenses the Russian capital being formed to thwart coup? Situation fluidic.

1. "PUTIN FEARS COUP Russian tanks in Moscow ‘to secure Kremlin’ amid fears Wagner group is launching coup to overthrow Putin"

From "The U.S. Sun" ^ | 6/23/23.

"Tonight, footage taken on the streets of Moscow showed armored vehicles racing to secure the Duma building, Russia’s parliament." 

2. "Russia investigates Wagner chief for ‘armed mutiny’ after call for attack on military"

From "The Guardian" ^ | June 23, 2023 | article by Pjotr Sauer.

"Russia’s FSB security service has opened a criminal case for armed mutiny against Wagner’s Yevgeny Prigozhin after the mercenary chief accused the Russian military of targeting his forces and vowed to “destroy” his rivals, in an unprecedented escalation of infighting among Russia’s elite"

SITUATION FLUIDIC TO SAY THE LEAST! I WOULD LIKE TO THINK  INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES AMERICAN AND NATO BOTH FOLLOWING CLOSELY BUT EVENTS TRANSPIRING TOO FAST FOR OBJECTIVE AND RATIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION TO BE MADE WITH ANY DEGREE OF ACCURACY FOR DECISION MAKERS!

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