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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (6 children)

my mind is so blown. i didn’t have wagner turning against russia on my bingo card

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean Prigozin has been advertising his eventual turning against Putin for a while, but I didn't think it would happen as a full on military coup

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

My personal theory is that he never intended it to get this far (previously he never called out Putin directly), but a failed assassination attempt made him decided he has no choice.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I kinda had it on it when Prigozhin started releasing videos of him acting as a reasonable person to gain popular support.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

My father who is Russian has been talking about Wagner turning on Russia for the past 2 months. Dogs of war. So my bingo card has been stamped.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've also go "nuclear civil war" on my card.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I didn't either, but history has plenty of examples of mercenary armies turning against their employers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

is it normally like this? for something akin to personal politics, and not missed payment or something?