🇧🇾 Images obtained by RFE/RL show that a suspected tent camp thought to be occupied by troops from Russia's #Wagner mercenary group near the #Belarusian village of Tsel is being dismantled.
In the video, fighters from the #WagnerPMC are shown saying that they are starting.
And they say that There are a lot of discussions about what Wagner is going to do in this situation, we gonna say one thing , we are already starting 👀
Former Putin advisor Sergei Markov: “The murder of #Prigozhin is the main achievement of Ukraine and all enemies of #Russia will rejoice” — Al Jazeera #WagnerPMC
@angelicfruitcake something that’s been on my mind lately (and something I don’t think people are talking enough about) is the concept of #PMCs; #CyberPunk predicted private mercenary armies owned by megacorps. Just recently we saw one in action when the #WagnerPMC very nearly accomplished a coup in Moscow before suddenly turning around and retreating—for reasons that still aren’t well understood.
Once the oligarchs realize that it’s more cost effective to buy an army we’re boned.
Homophobia and Transphobia on the rise in the so-called US, a failed coup attempt in Russia and protests in Argentina in this 24th installment of System Fail.
I see a lot of comments talking about Wagner's failed uprising. Failed... for whom? For us Westerners who expected Putin's downfall ? Didn't Prigozhin get everything he wanted from a panicked Putin ?
Russian General Knew About Mercenary Chief’s Rebellion Plans, U.S. Officials Say (www.nytimes.com)
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Wagner, may have believed he had support in Russia’s military.