OduseiRussian agents’ threat to family made Prigozhin call off Moscow advance
Details offer clue as to why Wagner Group abandoned coup attempt that revealed ‘real cracks’ in Putin’s authority #ukraine #prigozhin #wagner #russia #news
LightninhopkinsDo I believe the telegraph?
Fair enough to wait for a better source, but I'm seeing this in other places too, citing "UK intelligence sources".
But, and this is confirmation bias speaking, this was exactly my guess when I first heard he'd turned around: "guess some family member that he cares about didn't make themselves quite scarce enough and Putins guys have them."
dystopThe only reason I don't believe this is, every well-informed Russian knows to hide their family and friends before doing something like this.
tikitakiwhile no doubt true, russian kgb fsb is some of the best intelligence in the world I'd imagine. it's one of those groups I would not wanna be on the wrong side of