alyaza [they/she]Jun 24, 2023

MEGATHREAD: whatever the hell is going on in Russia right now

https://beehaw.org/post/742740

MEGATHREAD: whatever the hell is going on in Russia right now - Beehaw

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

Show threadConstableJellyJun 24, 2023
I think I read Wagner forces number about 25,000? Can anyone contextualize how big a headache this will be for Russia?
Show threadIllegallyBlonde

"CNN has tracked Wagner mercenaries in the Central African Republic, Sudan, Libya, Mozambique, Ukraine and Syria. Over the years they have developed a particularly gruesome reputation and have been linked to various human rights abuses."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/06/23/europe/wagner-prigozhin-criminal-case-explainer-intl/index.html

It sounds like Prigohzin could be a big headache for Putin.

Jun 24, 2023 at 2:33pmWeb
Show threadfloofloofJun 24, 2023
If he deposes Putin he could be a big headache for us all. There are already reports of Wagner seizing nuclear weapons facilities in Russia.