Via Bill Browder:
Reports= #Wagner boss turns troops back from Moscow. Doesn’t make sense. #Putin ordered #Prighozin killed. How does he walk that back? How does P survive after this? Putin never forgives nor forgets #Russia
To which Garry Kasparov replied:
It's a mafia not a state & they will walk back or swallow anythg that's profitable. Infighting rarely is.This also exposes stupidity of saying Putin needs offramps or to save face in Ukraine. He's a dictator, can make up anything he wants
@GottaLaff One interpretation: Prigozhin was ordered by Putin to attack Shoigu in order to get him removed. But then, why did Putin and Lukashenko bolt? Lukashenko and family are reportedly in Turkey. Putin, fled to St. Petersburg.
Another possibility: Prigozhin has given Putin and his top supporters time to flee before he resumes a march on Moscow.
Whatever is going on, there's still lots of fog of war here and I don't think anyone has a strong take that explains all these contradictions.
Putin kidnapped Prigozin's wife and kids might explain things.
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Sounds like they are heading to a rematch at some point
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