Either this is some twisted 4D-chess move by Putin or this might really be the end of Prigozhin. This is really a step further than his previous diatribes.
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I would my money on Prigozhin. Putin has a broken army and the Wagner's are pissed. Russians on Russian fighting is not going to bode well, especially when one side is very angry.
Whatever it is, any infighting on the russian side helps.
Except we don't want a civil war going on in a country with nuclear weapons.
Valid objection. But according to the russian secret service, the coup has already been squashed. And we all know they are a super trustworthy source. /s
The arrest warrant for Prigozhin makes me think this is actually real.
I wonder what could happen now. He already said that Putin has been tricked by the minister of defence to invade Ukraine. What does he really want?
That is a good question.
Another question is whether he has all his marbles together and whether what he wants and what he does actually fit together in a realistic way.
It's a common misconception that people in power got into power because they have a working brain and actually know what they are doing.
Musk and u/spez are good examples for that misconception.
Could also be that the mad leader of the mercenaries is actually just that: mad.
I wouldn't really compare spez with either Musk or Prigozhin, but I understand your opinion. He could be just mad or he's forcing his hand because he feels he can have popular support ... I guess we'll see in a few days.
Sure, they are all on different levels, but all of them are proof that you don't have to be mentally stable to be in power and that you don't need to understand the link between actions and results either.