please post any subsequent updates here unless they’re huge happenings. i just woke up and half our news front page is updates which is nice but also A Lot and most of these don’t have to be their own thread

  • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    It makes both Putin and Prigozhin look bad though. Would they go through this damage to their reputations and prospects just for that? And couldn’t Putin just have fired those guys without going through some elaborate pantomime first?

    • LostRedditor@lemmy.mlEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      Putin benefited from:

      1. Showed that the largest military group couldn’t complete a coup
      2. No longer need to justify the damage Wagner group done
      3. Shows Russian that he prefer to negotiate rather than bloodshed
      4. Shows international theatre that Russian troops are loyal, peaceful, and follow orders
      5. Identified disloyal government officials who sided with Wagner if any

      And the list goes on

      Wagner head got out of it and terrorisim accusations in the future

      I’m still thinking that it’s not over. Moscow still on high alert.

      • Revan343@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago
        1. Showed that the largest military group couldn’t complete a coup

        This showed that they wouldn’t, at least under these circumstances, not that they couldn’t.

        I agree with all other points though.