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Kremlin spokesman: Prigozhin case will be dropped, he will move to Belarus (kyivindependent.com)

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The insurrection case against Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin will be closed, and he will move to Belarus, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on June 24.

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[–] CrimsonOnoscopy@beehaw.org 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Can Putin survive something this humiliating?

[–] LollerCorleone@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I guess we will have to wait and see. This can't have been good for the morale. And this was also the first time that the Russian citizens would have felt vulnerable about their security.

[–] CrimsonOnoscopy@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago

Actually there were cross border raids not long ago also causing panics

[–] Generic-Disposable@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Didn't he basically win at this point?

[–] CrimsonOnoscopy@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No. He was humiliated, having topardon someone he just hours ago called a traitor.

[–] Generic-Disposable@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In any case the coup was put down and putin remains in power.

[–] CrimsonOnoscopy@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Having conclusively shown his weakness, and the hollowness of his power.

[–] Generic-Disposable@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I don't know about that. He can boast that he put down a coup attempt in less than a day.