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1 hour ago, welshbairn said:

There was an odd thing back in 2020 when a load of supposedly Wagner boys were arrested in a spa hotel near Minsk airport, just before the election that Lukashenko was forced to rig. Bellingcat came up with a fabulous theory for why they were there.

Inside Wagnergate: Ukraine’s Brazen Sting Operation to Snare Russian Mercenaries

A long, but engrossing, read. 

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24 minutes ago, ICTChris said:

Putin to make a number of announcements tonight according to Russian media.

Lukashenko to go live in Belarus at the same time being reported 

Scrap that they are pre recorded speeches

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Seems like there's a new ex Russian Prime Minister whom I've never heard of coming out of the woodwork every day to slag off Putin, he should really have given them a better share of the loot. 

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3 minutes ago, welshbairn said:

Seems like there's a new ex Russian Prime Minister whom I've never heard of coming out of the woodwork every day to slag off Putin, he should really have given them a better share of the loot. 

Yeltsin went through so many Prime Minister I think there were just giving anyone who fancied it a shot by the end.

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Just now, ICTChris said:

Yeltsin went through so many Prime Minister I think there were just giving anyone who fancied it a shot by the end.

Still think Yeltsin trails the Conservatives, at least in terms of time in office per holder.

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Putin days in his speech that those who organised the rebellion are traitors and will be brought to justice. Wagner can either sign up with the MoD, go to Belarus or go home.

How will Prigozhin react? How will Wagner troops react?

 

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Go to Belarus and stop fighting the war. Means that Wagner get to piss the Russians off, means the Russian war effort is f**ked (forcing Russia to come back with more agreeable terms) or have to send in more experienced (and valuable) units.

Basically means that Wagner can (at least try and) strangle the Russians, politically.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66023631

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 "The bald waste of space destroyed Wagner PMC with his own hands. And screwed everyone he could," fumed one online poster claiming to be a Wagner fighter on a Telegram channel with 200,000 followers.

We have a variation on bald fraud. 

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Igor Girkin's take:

Cue tired patter about windaes etc but how can you say we'll go after the organisers one second then turn around and say the Wagner dudes can head home or go to Belarus the next? Does that include the guys who shot down the 7 Russian military aircraft? Can see why Igor isn't impressed.

Wonder why the "potato man" as he appears to be referred to in ex-CCCP circles delayed his speech. Did Vlad do something that deviated from a pre-agreed script?

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3 hours ago, ICTChris said:

Putin days in his speech that those who organised the rebellion are traitors and will be brought to justice. Wagner can either sign up with the MoD, go to Belarus or go home.

How will Prigozhin react? How will Wagner troops react?

 

And how did glass and window production companies do on the Moscow stock market today?

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17 hours ago, welshbairn said:

Russian bloggers claiming Ukrainians have gained a major foothold on the left bank of the Dnieper by the Antonovsky bridge, Ukrainian bloggers denying it. Seems to be based on this video which looks a bit CGI'ed to me.

https://twitter.com/mdfzeh/status/1673057548369371140?s=20

Feels like this claim is slowly gaining ground

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-situation-report-breakthrough-across-the-dnipro-at-antonvosky-bridge

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