pips to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agoWagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russiawww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square344fedilinkarrow-up11.85Karrow-down125cross-posted to: statecraft@lemmy.cafeworldnews@lemmit.onlinenews@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldUkraine_UA@kbin.socialnews@beehaw.orgworldnews@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareloobkooblinkfedilink33•10 months agoFrom what I gather, he backed down because all his top men’s families were being threatened. Prigozhin’s family was kept safe, of course, but I don’t think they expected Russia to threaten the families of those further down the ladder.
minus-square@ShakeThatYam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish25•10 months agoThis all just makes him seem naive and unprepared for the position he was in.
minus-square@DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglish5•10 months agoI have a theory. I think the Slavic Russian Nazi a total dictator let run a private army might have been a little dumb.
From what I gather, he backed down because all his top men’s families were being threatened. Prigozhin’s family was kept safe, of course, but I don’t think they expected Russia to threaten the families of those further down the ladder.
This all just makes him seem naive and unprepared for the position he was in.
I have a theory.
I think the Slavic Russian Nazi a total dictator let run a private army might have been a little dumb.