• Chainweasel@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I’m skeptical. It feels like political theatre. Anyone else in Russia that said anything like that would suffer from fast onset gravity poisoning, and if they’re coordinating logistics with them they have contact with him. And if they have contact with him they can find him.

      • R0cket_M00se@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Find? Sure.

        Find, recover, transport him back through the defenses that the regular Russian army set up, and then toss him out a window? Much larger request.

        This guy is in the middle of a warzone, even a murder hobo like Putin can’t quickly/easily reach him when he’s on the front lines.

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    1 year ago

    Reading his statement, I don’t think that is it. This is simply another purge, and I’d be deeply surprised if it weren’t ordered and directed by Putin himself. He mightn’t be some genius world diplomat, but he certainly understands how to play the Russian people.

    The fact that Wagner PMC will return to the frontlines after the cleanup as per the statement, really underlines that.

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    1 year ago

    Will be interesting to see how popular Wagner is among the normal soldiers and if enough people join them. Otherwise Wagner is probably toast.