Letter to the Editor
It’s in major media that US authorities ‘knew in advance’ about the Russian ‘coup’ events, and were briefing some Congresspeople on it the week before.
Prigozhin’s Wagner was regularly receiving Ukraine troops who were surrendering.
It is a common suggestion now, that under a ‘white flag’, Prigozhin was approached by Western intelligence services, and offered more than a billion dollars in cash, to run a coup against Moscow, with the majority paid when Wagner was halfway to Moscow.
The suggestion goes on to say, that Prigozhin informed his old friend Putin, and after the money was delivered, the ‘coup’ was called off … and Prigozhin & Putin have split the money.
Also to note, that with Prigozhin and perhaps some Wagner people stationed now in Belarus, they will possibly be less than 200 kilometres from Kiev … Russia’s most effective fighters, ready for a final move against the Zelensky government.
Photo on Rostov streets of Prigozhin departing for Belarus … totally happy look on his face.
https://i.postimg.cc/VNCFyZW5/Prigozhin-departing-Rostov.jpg
From Phil
Queensland
daviddd2 – You are correct. I have found too many times that what they say about what happened is not quite right………certain things are omitted to give the completely wrong impression. Everyone must get into the habit of checking everything for themselves!
@xyz: “Ch 9 news reporter said that Putin has gone back on his word and is now prosecuting those involved – which is rubbish.”
Yes, unfortunately the business of the Australian MSM is to ensure Australians remain in a desired thought bubble. It doesn’t much care for truth or reality if it conflicts with its agendas.
Frankly… I think that was a good summation.
And some Australian Russophobia… I sometimes wonder if Albo knows who the real enemies are…
https://www.rt.com/russia/578748-australia-russia-embassy-ruling/
I think the ‘common suggestion’ of bribery is just that. There was no coup either. Prigozhin was angry because Putin wanted Wagner to be part of Russian military instead of being contractors, and Prigozhin did not like that. He did however shoot down a Russian helicopter and plane – not sure what happened there.
Ch 9 news reporter said that Putin has gone back on his word and is now prosecuting those involved – which is rubbish. Putin told them all they could join the Russian military or police force or go back home to Belarus and be with their families.. He understands what they did for Russia and most units were not part of what Prigozhin did.
I just checked RT News and it appears that the Belarus opposition attempted an armed coup there at the same time as Prigozhin was marching to Russia… it was stopped according to Lukashenko. Maybe that was the West’s real target…!! Smoke n mirrors..
So it appears that this is a win win all round.. some Wagner brigades are now protecting Belarus! Hopefully Prigozhin can be trusted.
Dear editor. Please forgive me for my last comment. I see now that all my comments have been posted and I jumped the gun.
I apologise.
I’ve seen too much censorship and was too quick to judge. I will be letting my truth seeking friends know that this is an excellent site to go to.
In my opinion this is the problem when having a private military corporation. Applying the free markets model to military groups to perform a variety of military exercises whether black-ops or militias results in what has just taken place.
The leader or leaders in this case Prigozhin heavily remunerated and whilst fighting in the original cause becomes opinionated throughout the operation in thinking he and his team can do things better from a battleground perspective without the consideration or an understanding of the global political war taking place in tandem.
Possibly Russia has seen this fault in these separation of powers instigating the consolidation of Wagner into the Russian MOD under one command and by doing so rattled Prigozhin’s ego creating his stand against Moscow.
Other motives or influences from the west again IMO would have had many of his own soldiers that are loyal to the motherland turn on him as the evidence shows they did.
1 Billion US dollars in $100 notes is approx 1000 m 3. Some amazing logistics here to get the cash where exactly ?.
A mercenary army stationed in Russia is NOT PERMITTED !!
This is all total BS and likely designed to get Wagner into Belarus where they can annihilate Kyiv as a mercenary army and not Russia .
Of course the NUTSO intelligence services said they knew beforehand .
Bye Bye Dancing Drag Queen . Off to retirement in Florida as your country is aken off the map … maybe along with all of us !!
I agree with Tony Ryan above, pure bullshit..
So now that Zelensky has been spanked and Prigozhin and Wagner have been transferred to Minsk we can conclude that the Western, long-planned “Colour Revolution” and civil war in Belarus are all but guaranteed to be a fizzer.
Oh, dear! There I go again, I’ve fallen prey to yet another conspiracy theory. The West, especially the US, Poland and Lithuania, bear no strategic intentions towards Belarus except democracy and goodwill. lol
Nice chess move, Russia!
Phil said – “Prigozhin was approached by Western intelligence services, and offered more than a billion dollars in cash…”
Six billion, to be exact.
Prigozhin was and is a billionaire in his own right. An extra billion would hardly make the cut. Especially when we’re talking about the worthless fiat paper American dollar which currently has a life expectancy of maybe a decade at most.
And remember that recent revelation from the Pentagon about a six billion dollar “accounting error”?
The Americans are a one-trick pony. Let’s not overlook the FACT that they played the same trick during Operation Desert Storm when they were losing badly against Sadam’s military in Iraq. They managed to bribe a bunch of Iraqi generals to turn on Sadam, and only then did the tide turn in favour of the “Coalition of the Willing”.
Now they’ve pulled the exact same stunt on the Russians in Ukraine – but this time around, their subterfuge failed, and failed miserably.
All bullshit.
Prigozhyn is an old mate of Putin’s and there was no coup, nor violence or confrontation of any kind. Note that all the Wagner tanks have caps over their gun muzzles and Prigozhyn was wearing no armour, not even his helmet.
I am just guessing but, because of three decades of peace, the generals were soft and demented and needed replacment. The new generation of missiles shows the post 1991 era of military decay was terminated, but a few photocopys of Patton have still been shambling around, keen on their western links.
i am guessing that Prigozhyn has blown some cobwebs away. Nothing to write home about.
The joke is, almost all Americans think the real world was reflected in the Patton movie, and have convnced themselves of military invincibility ever since. In fact, the US did piss-all in Europe. Russia won that war, with a little allied help, which would have gone better without Churchill’s interference. The truth is, militarily, the US is finished and it cannot get back up. It relies on a flotilla of aircraft carriers that a single missile can sink; the Patriot is an uncontrollable fizzer; and America is out of ammunition and no way to reindustrialise to get more.
The writing is on the wall: Vietnam War lost. Iraq war lost. Afghanistan war lost. Syria war lost. Ukraine war irretrievably lost in five weeks time. Yanks, go home. All you are now is caretakers of installations that will attract Chinese missile strikes and drag Australia into your stupid losing wars.
As Malcolm Fraser predicted, with inside knowledge (read his Dangerous Allies)
It’s a bueat this one. Hard to know exactly what the actual Bolshevik spy v spy is here? My guess. How to get Wagner to Belarus . Without the morons in the west preparing for an assault on Kyiv? Prigozin would have a bullet in his brain by now, if he truly was mounting a coupe? It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
American Dems, have been scammed again. Just like Iran
Such fools
After a bit of consideration: a stunt-perpetrated by who knows?