Posted by Why Belarus? Did Putin not move some small nuclear tactical weapons get transferred from Russia recently?
Internet Research agency: Propaganda to its core. What if Kremlin and Prigozhin creating a hoax. Check out the film Wag the Dog.
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Bloomberg Quicktake
25th June 2023
What does a chaotic 24 hours mean for Putin?
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Beware of vested interests. Merceanaries will train African men in exchange for gold, diamonds, oil and other mineral resources. The booty was for Prigozhin with Russia a major beneficiary too.
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CV Rise to the Power of Prigozhin!
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-prigozhin-wagner-profile-e1939a58f216551b1a20157cc3803085
Core Points
“In 2017, opposition figure and corruption fighter Alexei Navalny accused Prigozhin’s companies of breaking antitrust laws by bidding for some $387 million in Defense Ministry contracts.”
“Prigozhin also owns the Wagner Group, a Kremlin-allied mercenary force that has come to play a central role in Putin’s projection of Russian influence in trouble spots around the world.”
“Wagner fighters allegedly provide security for national leaders or warlords in exchange for lucrative payments, often including a share of gold or other natural resources. U.S. officials say Russia may also be using Wagner’s work in Africa to support its war in Ukraine.”
“Prigozhin has said that 20,000 of his men died in Bakhmut, about half of them inmates recruited from Russia’s prisons.”
“In November 2022, a video surfaced online that showed a former Wagner contractor getting beaten to death with a sledgehammer after he allegedly fled to the Ukrainian side and was recaptured. Despite public outrage and a stream of demands for an investigation, the Kremlin turned a blind eye to it.”
Prigozhin earlier gained more limited attention in the U.S., when he and a dozen other Russian nationals and three Russian companies were charged with operating a covert social media campaign aimed at fomenting discord ahead of Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory.
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Why did Bakhmut Prigozhin decide on Belarus?
286,810 views Jun 17, 2023 #Ukraine #Russia #NATO
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has announced the arrival of the first nuclear warheads in Belarus, and said that more would follow. Speaking at an economic forum in St. Petersburg on Friday, Putin said the move was meant as a deterrent to “those who are thinking of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia.” But he remained unclear about his willingness to use them. And a group of African leaders are set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, in an effort to convince him to negotiate peace with Kyiv. But the delegation has had little success on the first stop of their mission to Ukraine. The African leaders met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has ruled out negotiating with Moscow. Russia launched its latest strike on Kyiv as the delegation arrived in Kyiv. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutsche…
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Prigozhin gone rogue…a mutiny of the Wagner troops. Putin spoke of Treason and Punishment ,,,
What is the Mystery Deal?
No Criminal Charges … bare bones of the deal.
Putin until recently lauded the Wagner fighters as heros. What now?
Mutiny, maybe it is a performance to distract us … says a soldier
Will instability in Russia transfer to their troops on the frontline?
Ministry of Defence in Russia, it must not be forgotten, is laden down with bureaucracy, corruption and apathy. Wager are private military organisation who are motivated paid mercenaries with wealth coming from their Middle East and African looting of mineral reserves and slave like labour conditions and poor wages paid to the Africans and Syrians.
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“CONFUSION” and a Holiday day off tomorrow.
Belarus run by Wagner makes a more pincer movement around Ukraine!
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Worth watching.
Only difference is it is not the White House, it is the Kremlin.
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Twitter
24th June 2023
Don’t be fooled by Prigozhin-Putin “deal” – this is the start of Putin’s final downfall and the emperor is now naked. My latest in
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foreignpolicy.com Putin’s Armor Has Been Pierced Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin’s revolt h ==============
Mafia is as mafia does. Whatever deal was reached today, blood has been spilled and Putin’s illusion of invincibility is gone. He and his cronies tasted real fear. Moscow was threatened.
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Richard Engel
@RichardEngel
·24th June 2023
So this has all been very strange. Prigozhin reportedly agrees to pull back and go to Belarus? He was marching on Moscow. I wonder what the deal could have been. Maybe he gets to keep his African empire and operate his pirate state from abroad? Murky Mafia-style politics, and… Show more
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25th June 2023
Wagner PMC chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s attempted military coup was one of the most serious political events to take place in Russia in the last 20 years. Why did it happen, what does it mean and what lessons can be learned from it?
24th June 2023
BREAKING: The Wagner Group convoy headed toward Moscow is led by its founder, the neo-Nazi commander Dmitry Utkin.
25th June 2023
Meanwhile in Russia, with Putin nowhere to be seen, the Ceausescu balcony vibe is setting in. Today, Russian state media aired comments from Putin, but the interview appeared to have been recorded before the aborted Wagner revolt yesterday.
25th June 2023
In #Moscow, an anti-personnel mine was found near the railway tracks.
25th June 2023
What does a chaotic 24 hours mean for Putin?
explains
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Beware of vested interests. Merceanaries will train African men in exchange for gold, diamonds, oil and other mineral resources. The booty was for Prigozhin with Russia a major beneficiary too.
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25th June 2023
China will see the rebellion — and Putin’s failure to keep the mercenary boss in check — as a sign of Russian “incompetence.”
Prigozhin’s Insurrection Creates Headaches for Russia-China Alliance, Experts Say
Yevgeny Prigozhin’s rebellion against Moscow will have stoked alarm in China and could throw sand in the wheels of the “no-limits” strategic partnership between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi…
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25th June 2023
The minister of defense has, for the moment, completely vanished from public view.
themoscowtimes.com Future of Putin Pal Shoigu on Line After Wagner Revolt They have sun-bathed bare-chested together in remote Siberia, shared fishing holidays and played on the same ice hockey team.
Alyaksandar Lukashenka’s talks with Prigozhin couldn’t have taken place without Putin’s approval. He was selected as a de jure “neutral actor” while remaining a vassal of Putin, Iryna Khalip believes. We analyse Lukashenka’s role in yesterday’s events:
From time to time my son comes to my office. From time to time, but nevertheless. And he is most interested here in these chevrons. Military personnel, volunteers, relatives of our soldiers handed them to me. At the front and in Kyiv, in hospitals, during the award ceremonies for heroes in the Mariinsky Palace… The number of chevrons on the chevron board is growing, but very slowly, as every time Kyrylo takes them away. And I am happy that he is interested in this. Our heroes, our defense, Ukrainian chevrons. A long time ago I wanted to make a special series of posts in my social networks about these chevrons. About where they came from. Who gave them to me. What these units are. And today, we will start issuing such posts. Maybe someone else wants to talk about the chevrons you have. I think that is correct. It is correct that our people, our children, should know to whom we owe our lives and Ukraine’s freedom. Thank you, warriors! Thank you to everyone who fights and works for Ukraine! Glory to Ukraine!
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Ukrainian Community in Ireland Retweeted
25th June 2023
It’s wild that we learn from Australian TV that an Irish citizen was allegedly spying for Russia in Ireland and handled from their embassy on Orwell Road. Serious questions need to be asked of
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Ukrainian Community in Ireland Retweeted
25th June 2023
Very productive week despite of attacks. Kateryna Kosyanenko. Transition (polyptych). 2019.
Ukrainian Community in Ireland Retweeted
25th June 2023
Earlier this year, ASIO detained an Adelaide woman named Marina Sologub for allegedly relaying secret information to Russia. Marina has vehemently denied any involvement with Russian intelligence. Watch #60Mins on
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In our call today,
and I exchanged our assessments of events unfolding in Russia. We are watching them very closely. Ukraine remains focused on achieving the goals of its counteroffensive in the territory of Ukraine with the steadfast support of our American allies.
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25th June 2023
Some Russian internet providers made the Google News aggregator platform unavailable during a march by rebel Wagner mercenaries towards Moscow on June 24, the NetBlocks watchdog organization said on Twitter.
If Russian forces cause a catastrophe at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant involving a leak of radioactive substances, even without an explosion, the Dnipro River will be massively contaminated, and the Black Sea in turn will be affected.
Zaporizhzhya NPP sabotage could contaminate Black Sea basin with radioactivity, expert says
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