Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Russian mercenary army the Wagner Group, turned himself into Vladimir Putin’s Ron DeSantis yesterday in an online interview with a Russian military blogger that actually aired on time, unlike DeSantis’ campaign launch last night on Twitter. Prigozhin, sounding like he is at least thinking of challenging Putin’s leadership of Russia, used the interview to celebrate the Wagner Group’s extraordinarily costly victor in taking Bakhmut from Ukrainian forces last week. The portly loud-mouthed Russian billionaire even admitted that Wagner lost 20,000 of its soldiers in the nine-month campaign, although other estimates are five times that number.
Seems to me as if the entire Ru hierarchy are all 3r-rate dramakweens. No wonder Trump, Flynn, Bannon, as well as so many Rs/cons/rightwingers admire them.
They still don't understand true power means never ever having to apply it in any form.
Wagner Group’s “victory” is totally Pyrrhic…wasting all that men and material for the rubble of a ruined town that was of little or no strategic value. Meanwhile, Prigozhin should avoid going up inside any tall buildings with large windows…
He and Putin are insane. Nothing ahead but chaos and meaningless bloodshed for Russians. Only good things - ongoing casualties and loss of military leaders and equipment.
This ends with Russia's economy a decade behind civilized Europe. A decade or more behind. Idiots like Putin and Prigo will keep power. A good thing. They will keep Russia in poverty.
Yevgeny better stay away from open windows, balconies and steep stairways for the foreseeable future. Maybe he should also get one of those convicts he owns to taste his food and open doors for him. He might also want to consider the danger he faces when he reaches out to flush a toilet. Putin's foes die younger than they should and in highly imaginative ways.
"Putin’s Ron DeSantis" is a nice updated name for Rasputin. I've long hoped for another Russian Revolution, but the head of the Wagner band of mercenaries needs to decide if he's willing to lead it or would he prefer to be Putin II. I'll wait for the answer, along with everyone else.
This guy either has the largest death wish in history or he has an intense belief in reverse psychology. Praising the Ukrainian military is supposed to motivate the Russians to commit more atrocities and war crimes I am guessing.
Let them gnaw on each other's carcasses, inside their
own fucking borders
You’ve woven it together concisely. Thank you.
Seems to me as if the entire Ru hierarchy are all 3r-rate dramakweens. No wonder Trump, Flynn, Bannon, as well as so many Rs/cons/rightwingers admire them.
They still don't understand true power means never ever having to apply it in any form.
“Russia needs to live like North Korea for a few years, so to say, close the borders and work hard.”
What a campaign slogan. That’ll really
be popular.
Although that’s the direction Russia’s dictator is taking that country already.
Wagner Group’s “victory” is totally Pyrrhic…wasting all that men and material for the rubble of a ruined town that was of little or no strategic value. Meanwhile, Prigozhin should avoid going up inside any tall buildings with large windows…
How long before Prigozhin accidentally falls out of a second story window? Perhaps Putin will join him? One can dream.
Wow. Having just copyedited a book about England's Elizabethan-Jacobean period, I'm thinking Putin should read up on Charles I.
He and Putin are insane. Nothing ahead but chaos and meaningless bloodshed for Russians. Only good things - ongoing casualties and loss of military leaders and equipment.
This ends with Russia's economy a decade behind civilized Europe. A decade or more behind. Idiots like Putin and Prigo will keep power. A good thing. They will keep Russia in poverty.
Yevgeny better stay away from open windows, balconies and steep stairways for the foreseeable future. Maybe he should also get one of those convicts he owns to taste his food and open doors for him. He might also want to consider the danger he faces when he reaches out to flush a toilet. Putin's foes die younger than they should and in highly imaginative ways.
My likeky Senario.
Putin is assassinated.
Prigozhin is prosecuted for War Crimes.
Notable is Prig seems to be more of a realist than the egotistical bureaucrat trying to resemble Peter and Catherine's the "Greats."
The whole deal is the continuing brutal saga of mans war on himself.
"Putin’s Ron DeSantis" is a nice updated name for Rasputin. I've long hoped for another Russian Revolution, but the head of the Wagner band of mercenaries needs to decide if he's willing to lead it or would he prefer to be Putin II. I'll wait for the answer, along with everyone else.
He may be vicious but he’s not stupid.
This guy either has the largest death wish in history or he has an intense belief in reverse psychology. Praising the Ukrainian military is supposed to motivate the Russians to commit more atrocities and war crimes I am guessing.
Exactly what does he have on Putin anyway?
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Bakhmut: When you set out to recreate Stalingrad and up with Verdun instead.
Prigozhin has many bodyguards and probably wears a bulletproof vest. Has tasters for his food. He knows the drill.