Well, I have not written about the events with Wagner in Russia, in part because coincidentally I have a good source in St Petersburg who told me several days ago to look out for something with Wagner and Putin. Wagner’s leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was born in St Pete (Leningrad).
Born in 1961, Prigozhin grew up as a somewhat snarky Soviet Robin Hood, a street urchin who flowed invisibly between Finland and Leningrad in a black-market social circle that, well, let’s just say I am familiar with.
When he was 20, Prigozhin was arrested for a heist and federally imprisoned for 9 years while the Soviet Union collapsed. When he exited prison Russia was different, and with St Pete now becoming a tourist destination, he joined the capitalist opportunity with a street food vending business.
Prigozhin is hard as nails, snarky as hell and very tricky.
He is one of the apex gremlins and very much still connected to the streets, very connected. He was never connected to the towers of Russian politics as the West portrays. Prigozhin doesn’t have the pedigree nor the disposition for political power.
Let me put it this way, no one knows how to play gremlin mind games against the West better than Yevgeny Prigozhin. He’s a little bit like a less refined Oleg Deripaska, and much scruffier. Also remember, in February 2018, Prigozhin was one of 13 Russians indicted by Andrew Weissmann and Rod Rosenstein for interfering in the American election through the Internet Research Agency, lol {insert eyeroll}.
Here’s where it gets interesting. Don’t share this; it’s for CTH audience only. Back in April of this year, a blogger in St Pete named Vladlen Tatarsky (real name Maxim Fomin) was killed by a bomb disguised as a gift for his work reporting on behalf of free people in Russia. The bomb was inside a bust of Tatarsky given to him shortly before he was giving a speech in a cafe. A 26-year-old woman named Darya Trepova gave him the gift; she was arrested and disappeared.
Speculation, strong speculation, was that the cafe bomb was a CIA operation, because Tatarsky was considered an enemy of Ukraine. His death was a hit to the pro-Russia morale inside the region. The target, Vladlen Tatarsky, and the head of the Wagner mercenary military units, Yevgeny Prigozhin, were good friends.
Prigozhin wanted to go avenge Tatarsky’s death and remove any limits on rules of war/engagement in Ukraine. Prigozhin was willing to create massive civilian casualties in his revenge operation against the Ukraine military (lots of Nazi’s) and the CIA operatives that work with them.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said no and told/warned his generals and Russian regular military officers they were to inform Wagner that widespread collateral damage and revenge was not okay. Prigozhin was angry, very angry about this; he wanted blood. However, Prigozhin is also a snarky gremlin, don’t forget this, so any operation that could injure or trick the CIA would be a good thing. Thus, came the warning to me to ignore the front face of what the Western world would present in the past few days.
Prigozhin was/is angry and frustrated with Vladimir Putin, and Prigozhin was/is angry at the CIA.
Was the Prigozhin/Wagner operation an internal false flag intended to give the illusion of something (rebellion) while actually taking advantage of the stupidity of the West (CIA)?
I just gave you Prigozhin’s motive that almost no one knows about. Let’s keep it between us.
Here’s a picture of the horrible and dangerous Wagner boys executing their Saturday reign of terror inside Russia during the “coup” lol.
Looks like the street urchin from Leningrad cashed out thanks to the DoD/CIA, and then bailed out on Vladimir Putin. A win/win.
I hear Belarus is awesome this time of year… and even Vladimir Putin has got to admit it was all well-played.
Well done, Yevgeny…. well done. Enjoy your retirement.
Meanwhile, back in the Western propaganda news networks.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Secretary of State Antony Blinken is one of the many top Biden administration officials who has been monitoring the events of the last two days. And he joins us from the State Department. Good morning to you, Mr. Secretary.
SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN: Morning, Margaret.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Can you tell us who in the Biden administration has been in touch with Russian leadership?
SEC. BLINKEN: Well, I instructed my own team at the President’s behest to engage with the Russians, first and foremost, to make sure that they understood their responsibilities in terms of protecting our own personnel, ensuring their safety and well-being, as well as any American citizens in Russia. So a number of people have engaged to make sure that the Russians got that message.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Is the U.S. ready for further unrest in Russia, and the scenario that Vladimir Putin does not remain in power?
SEC. BLINKEN: Margaret, this is an unfolding story. And I think we’re in the midst of a moving picture. We haven’t seen- we haven’t seen the last act. We’re watching it very closely and carefully, but just step back for a second and put this in- in context. Sixteen months ago, Russian forces were on the doorstep of Kyiv in Ukraine, thinking they’d take the city in a matter of days, thinking they would erase Ukraine from the map as an independent country. Now over this weekend, they’ve had to defend Moscow, Russia’s capital, against mercenaries of Putin’s own making. Prigozhin himself in this entire incident has raised profound questions about the very premises for Russia’s aggression against Ukraine in the first place, saying that Ukraine or NATO did not pose a threat to Russia, which is part of Putin’s narrative. And it was a direct challenge to Putin’s authority. So this raises profound questions. It shows real cracks. We can’t speculate or know exactly where that’s gonna go. We do know that Putin has a lot more to answer for in the- in the weeks and months ahead.
MARGARET BRENNAN: But is the U.S. prepared for the potential of the fall of the Putin government? And is their nuclear stockpile, the largest in the world, secure?
SEC. BLINKEN: We always prepare for every contingency in terms of what happens in Russia. It’s an internal matter for the Russians to figure out. Of course, when we’re dealing with a major power, and especially a major power that has nuclear weapons, that’s something that’s of concern, something we’re very focused on. We haven’t seen any change in Russia’s nuclear posture. There hasn’t been any change in ours, but it’s something we’re going to watch very, very carefully.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Vladimir Putin is appearing on television this morning. But it appears to have been pre-recorded. Do you know the whereabouts of Vladimir Putin right now? Is he in Moscow?
SEC. BLINKEN: I don’t want to- I don’t want to speculate on that, or what information that we have. Again, we’re watching that- that carefully. I think one of the things this- this tells you is that we still don’t- don’t have finality in terms of what was actually agreed between Prigozhin and Putin. I suspect that we’re going to learn more in the days and weeks ahead about what- what deal they struck. Our focus is relentlessly on Ukraine, making sure that they continue to have what they need to defend themselves, to take back the territory that Russia seized. The President brought together not only the national security cabinet yesterday, he brought together the leaders of our key allies and partners. He instructed all of us to do the same. We have tremendous unity of purpose and unity of action when it comes to supporting Ukraine. And that’s where our focus is.
MARGARET BRENNAN: But as you just said, Prigozhin drew into question the very premise for Vladimir Putin’s war. So do the Wagner fighters return to the fight in Ukraine? Do we know?
SEC. BLINKEN: Too soon to tell what’s going to happen to the Wagner forces, whether they go back to the fight. And it was extraordinary that they were moving out of Ukraine and into Russia. But it’s too soon to tell whether they’re going to go back into the fight as Wagner, whether they get integrated into regular Russian forces. What this means for Wagner in other parts of the world. I mean, keep in mind, both Putin and Prigozhin are responsible for committing terrible acts in Ukraine against Ukrainian civilians. But also, in the case of Wagner, in country after country in Africa, wherever Wagner is, death and destruction and exploitation follow. But all of this is likely to unroll in the in the coming days in the coming weeks. To the extent that it presents a real distraction for – for Putin, and for Russian authorities, that they have to look at – sort of mind their their rear even as they’re trying to deal with the counter offensive and Ukraine. I think that creates even greater openings for the Ukrainians to do well on the ground.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, as you just indicated, Yevgeny Prigozhin has a footprint that goes from Africa, to Syria to Ukraine. Do you have any idea where he is right now?
SEC. BLINKEN: I can’t get into what we know or don’t know, through- through- through intelligence. It’s something that we’re looking at, and that we’re tracking. But for us, the most important thing is to do exactly what the president did yesterday, which was, even as he brought people together, to share whatever information we had about what was going on inside of Russia to make sure that our focus remains in supporting of the Ukrainians and making sure that they do as well as they possibly can. When it comes to the counter offensive.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, one of the things Prigozhin did was directly undermine the Russian military leadership. Do we know who is in charge of the Russian military right now? And how could Vladimir Putin agree to any changes in the leadership of his military and still look like he’s in charge?
SEC. BLINKEN: Now, those are- those are great questions. And I think we’ll get the answers in the- in the days and weeks ahead. It’s too soon to say with any- any certainty what the final chapter in this particular book is going to be. The- The Rising Storm of Prigozhin, inside of Russia is something that many people have seen over- over months now. Direct challenges to the leadership to the military leadership, powerful criticism of Russia’s conduct of its aggression against Ukraine, and now, questioning the very premises of the- the war. Prigozhin himself saying that Ukraine and NATO did not pose a threat to Russia, which is, you know, been part of Putin’s narrative. These create more cracks in the Russian facade. And those cracks are already profound. Economically, militarily, it’s standing in the world, all of those things have been dramatically diminished by Putin’s aggression against Ukraine. He’s managed to bring Europe together, he’s managed to bring NATO together, he’s managed to get Europe to move off of Russian energy, he’s managed to alienate Ukrainians and unite Ukraine at the same time. So across the board, this has been a strategic failure. Now, you introduce into that, profound internal divisions. And there are lots of questions he’s going to have to answer in the weeks ahead.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Is there a possibility of civil war?
SEC. BLINKEN: I don’t want to speculate on that. These are fundamentally internal matters for the Russians to- to figure out, it’s not our place to do that. It is our place to make sure that Ukraine continues to have what it needs to defend itself, and to take back the territory that Russia sees from it.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Will President Biden reach out directly to Vladimir Putin? Has the CIA director reached out to Russian intelligence?
SEC. BLINKEN: Margaret, I’m not gonna get into any diplomatic contacts that we- we may have or have had, I can tell you that, on my instruction, on the President’s instruction, we had some engagement with the Russians over the weekend to make sure they understood their responsibilities when it comes to looking out for the safety and security of our personnel in Russia. Very important that we do that, and we did that.
MARGARET BRENNAN: I want to ask you about Beijing. I was there with you earlier this week. And I listened to you pick every single one of your words very carefully. And then on our way home, President Biden called Xi Jinping a dictator with economic problems, who didn’t know what his own military was doing by flying the spy balloon over the United States. How much did that hurt the work you did?
SEC. BLINKEN: Margaret, one of the things that I think you heard me say during the trip, and after the trip is the main purpose was to bring some greater stability to the relationship. We have an obligation, and I think China has an obligation to manage that relationship responsibly, to make sure that the profound differences we have don’t veer into – into conflict. But one of the things that I said to Chinese counterparts during this trip was that we are going to continue to do things, and say things that you don’t like, just as you’re no doubt going to continue to do and say things that we don’t like. And if you look at what comes out of the Chinese Foreign Ministry –
MARGARET BRENNAN: Are you saying that was a strategic remark?
SEC. BLINKEN: — on a daily basis, you’ll hear that. The President always speaks candidly, he speaks directly. He speaks clearly, and he speaks for all of us. But the entire focus of what we’re doing is to make sure that even when we’re expressing our differences, by action, or by words, just as they’re doing the same thing. We continue to work through that, to build our lines of communication, because we have a responsibility. And we especially have a responsibility to make sure that the competition we’re in doesn’t veer into conflict, I think we’ve now put in place a better path to do just that. And we’ll see that over the next weeks and months.
MARGARET BRENNAN: You also said that Chinese officials assured you they won’t provide legal assistance to Russia, but that Chinese companies are. According to US Treasury, Chinese companies have also done business with the Wagner group. Have you reached out to the Chinese about trying to gauge what is happening on the ground inside Russia now?
SEC. BLINKEN: Again, I can’t get into any diplomatic context that we may or may not have had. But, you’re exactly right, that when it comes to the visit, the Chinese did reiterate to us, as well as to many other countries that they have not and will not provide lethal military assistance to Russia for use in Ukraine. I also raised the concerns that you said about Chinese companies providing that kind of support and pressed them to be vigilant about that. I’m sure they’re making their – their own assessments about what’s happened inside of Russia in recent days. And as – as our contacts continue to unfold, as we have stronger and more sustained lines of communication, one of the things that we said we need to talk about is the ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine. It’s something we spent some time talking about when I was in China. I would expect those conversations to continue.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Secretary Blinken, thank you for your time this morning.
SEC. BLINKEN: Thanks, Margaret. Good to be with you.
Personally, I like the simplicity of Wagner’s duct tape battlefield ID’s.
It was even right there in the Friday night timing… but no one noticed.👀
A color revolution of this magnitude requires… a color. I nominate “duct tape gray”. It’s like a neutral color, only different.
Not like the garish purple of the 2020 color revolution.
Stay distracted my friends
498 more days until Newsom moves into the White House.
Cant believe people pay to watch this on google.
The distraction is the show… It’s been this way for decades if not longer..
Its the new normal now. Majority arent fooled by the fake news distractions anymore so they just force their will down our throats.
Example:
“81 Million Votes” was not the result of a distraction. It never happened.
The perception of time is relative.. we see things passing much faster than them. My bitterness knows all too well.. Give it some time.
I think about the background of both Prigozhin and Putin. Both born in St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Putin in 1953, a city devastated by the 872-day long siege by Germany and Finland. Over 1 million dead from starvation, disease, and fighting.
Vladimir Putin was saved from the street by his impressive intellect, judo, and patriotism. He was very poor, a working class mother and father who had been seriously wounded in the war.
I did not realize that Tatarsky was a friend of Prigozhin. I do remember at the time of his death that there was speculation that it was an operation of the SBU – which would mean, if true, that it was probably coordinated with western intelligence.
Thank you for putting this together. I have gotten the idea that Prigozhin is a little unstable.
Does Blinken actually believe what he is saying? He’s putting out there so much propaganda such as about Kiev……
Thanks Belle…one minor point of disagreement… Biden/Neocons are unstable…Prigozhin wants everyone to think he is unstable… although maybe a 2-millimeter difference in the end it’s a huge difference…
Prigozhin sure isn’t shy at presenting that “crazy-eye” personna is he? Well … if Zelensky can play piano with his pennis… then Prigozhin can play the CIA and WEF media with his “crazy” act …
Prigozhin had to go. As Wagner was going to get folded into the Army in Ukraine.
Sounds like he managed to negotiate a nice little retirement package with the US throwing in $6 Billon dollars for him to throw his pretend uprising. Now he is in Belarus counting his dollars.
Sounds about right. The ‘Chef’ has completed the entree and will now retire. This entire ‘action’ had to have been scripted to do a few things:
Identify those loyal to Wagner, they will go to Belarus (where the missiles are)
Identify those loyal to Russia, they will be rolled into the Russian military proper
Identify those only loyal to a paycheck. They will be sent on their merry way.
Bonus: Allow the US to pay off Prigozhin
That is exactly what I have said to friends.
In the east, it is widly believed that Wagner is ultimately owned and directed by the RU MOD, and that Progozhin is only a figurehead – a proxy – for Putin. At best he is a high level manager of logistics. Wagner masquerading as a PMC allows the Russian govt to get involved in world affairs in ways otherwise off limits to them (similar to US pmc’s some say). If you believe that, and I do, then what follows is that all/most of this was a show. Russians love chess, ugly architecture and CIRCUS’s. Did they just put on a circus for the west?
Personally I’d like to think the Russians just schemed to scam Retards in DC who are involved in child Sacrificing – oops. I was intending to say “TRAFFICKING” – right below the Russian Border… I must have unconsciously spoken the TRUTH instead, though….
And the Russians scammed part of what the Bi-Done HUNS really owe to the Russians for their Gas Pipeline Damage, etc…
Dima of Military Summary Channel
”Hello my dear friends!”
Shoigu (Minister of Defemse) to be replaced by the Governor of Tuva – well respected ex military man where Shoigu was a civil engineer
Gerasimov (Chief of General Staff) to be replaced by Surovikin – the master mind behind the Kherson retreat and the current defense lines
All changes Prigozhin demanded
Is this official yet?
Seems so according to Dima and he’s got pretty good sources, William.
The rumours of Shoigu being stood down/arrested/demoted can be put to rest; Vanessa Beeley, on her tg channel, has posted video of him meeting with the command of the West group.
https://t.me/VanessaBeeley
Prigozhin’s infancy seems out of Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment, which takes in St. Petersburg. Thank you Sundance for this article on thr most important event in our lives: WWIII.
or for those who don’t understand Roman numerals, WW3 . . .
and for those who don’t know what “WW” means: “World War”
and if you don’t understand what “World War” means, I got nuthin’ for ya.
(just projecting into the future, to the world out there of kids are not being taught cursive – perhaps they don’t know about Roman numerals – and are baffled by just about anything Jay Leno could have come up with in his old “Jaywalking” segments – I could see him asking a passerby, “So, when was World War Three – when did that happen?” just to see what they would say).
Every time Blinken is shown in a photo or video he should have those huge, larger than life, black eyes that the horror shows put on their evil characters. When you see those eyes you KNOW the devil resides there.
It’s been said that the eyes are the window to the soul. When I look at his eyes I see the fires of hell. Blinkerman is truly satan’s right hand (man) demon.
Al Qaedia / Osama is to Saudi Arabia as Prigozhin / Wagner PMC is to Russia
Up until this recent stunt by Prigozhin I thought the West was safe from Russian nukes because Putin is a rational actor, sane, sensible and controlled.
When I saw this Prigozhin character with his WWF “mutiny” and his exile to Belarus (who now have nukes) I realized, we now have plausible deniability if Prigozhin commanders Belarus nukes.
Al Qaedia / OSama is to Saudi Arabia as Prigozhin / Wagner PMC is to Russia
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/06/25/sunday-talks-anthony-blinken-spins-a-tale-of-woe-for-vladimir-putin/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65932700
Well now we have Senators Graham and Blumenthal drafting a Senate resolution that sets conditions for us to enter the war. Nuclear contamination or nuclear bomb detonation are two. It is an article 5 war entry condition as a nuclear bomb or contamination incident would effect NATO countries even though Ukraine is not a NATO member.
So are they setting up a false flag event? The destruction of ZNNP? A Nuke explosion to be blamed on the Russians? The cabal sure wants us in the war.
Nuclear contamination sounds especially dangerous since is likely to NATO DU rounds exploding enroute or Ukie damage/destruction of a nuclear power station. Who knows, with Graham, nuclear contamination to start WWIII might be lost smoke detectors or medical waste.
Sounds like we have some individuals in the govt (Pentagon) and possibly within NATO who are skittish about boots on the ground in Ukraine. So Lindsey and Vietnam Rambo guy want to enact this into law to enlarge the war.
Graham needs to get his skanky ass into battle fatigues! I despise him!
He avoided the draft because of his ladybugs.
Lindsey had a great coach in the likes of John McCain. Never forget that.
Agree. They will go after the nuclear power plant that Zelensky keeps blabbing about.
Da Nang Dick and the Alcoholic Hick
On the way to Moscow they entered a national nuclear facility unchallenged,
(Borisoglebok?)
That’s when everything de escalated .
Wagner may have taken tactical nuclear missiles.
Nobody knows where this will go.
A couple of weird guys, those war pigs. One is very effeminate and the other is a trannie. Explains why they work so good together enacting, stupidly, nuclear contamination which should stay off the table at all costs. With Lindsay, his hate for Putin is so all consuming his point of view on this is seriously flawed, just like war pig McCain.
SEC. BLINKEN: — on a daily basis, you’ll hear that. The President always speaks candidly, he speaks directly. He speaks clearly, and he speaks for all of us.
WHAT A CROCK!
Blinken must have been talking about President Putin //
Blinky has a rich interior world.
Sounds like another of Bill Clinton’s druggie appointments.
Outdoor dining at … “Meat Story” ? No wonder the Obama, err Biden Administration HATE Russia. We can’t eliminate Co2 and go “net zero” by dining at “Meat Story” … ohhhhhh mommmaaaaaaa … who do they think they are!? Jeremy Clarkson??
USDA just gave the go ahead for cell grown meat into the food production. It doesn’t have to be labeled either.
People need to wake up!
It NEEDS to be INTENSELY and HEAVILY, DEEPLY RESTRICTED to the PERSONAL USE by ONLY THOSE who are Heartily Approving it FOR OTHERS, for the next 50 Yrs or so. Without Exception.
I literally cannot find the words to say this and STRESS it PROPERLY, well enough, anywhere Near the Ball Park.
I like the Way that Sir William Blackstone describes the Deserved and STANDARD at that time – Treatment of Treasonous Public Servants.
Which was beyond “Well-EARNED”, also.
The cell line used for invitro protein growth is very fast growing. It is fast growing because it was taken from a super fast cancerous tumor. Synthetic meat literally is cancer.
Sounds like we have another agency to abolish…For lack of performance and the protection of the American citizens?
Most Federal agencies should be abolished.
Some of “THOSE” “Geniuses” need a Humongous Bumper Crop of their Own HARVEST Rammed up where it BELONGS, before they go another Step Forth.
The same people who destroyed many of our most beautiful cities, created a virus that killed millions of people all over the globe, then lied about it, cheated to win in the last however many elections, wants to groom our children into sexualized monsters, is trying to destroy the nuclear family, and has been caught lying on basically every major issue in the last 25 years.
Now wants to completely take over every aspect of the financial system, issue social credit points for toeing the party line, jail dissenters, ration our food, fuel, and access to society in general.
The wanna be tyrants are not going away unless we make them. They are not giving up their power unless we make them. They will continue to divide us until we stop them.
We are not voting our way out of this mess. This government is no longer working in our best interest.
Well Said.
Amen!
CONCORD BRIDGE
God help us when we go to fix this mess.
That’s a wrap.
People died because they received deadly treatment for a virus with a 98% survival rating.
Effective therapies were with-held from the public.
Doctors could be fined $10,000 for just mentioning these safe and effective drugs.
Ummn, you forgot the “99.” that goes in front of the 98!
Jesus said that there would be nothing left to save except fore His return.
Don’t really see the owner of Prigozhin Catering celebrating many if any more birthdays.
Fox is the feces-eating Network now. I haven’t been there since they dumped Tucker. And I’m never, ever, going back.
olde Priggy boy may have just played the CIA for 6.2 billion green backs, be nice retirement fund.
Probably shared it with Putin.
I truly hope so. Dearly!!!
Russian COUP Attempt Was a Failed USA Operation That Only Made Putin Stronger — Report
https://banned.video/watch?id=649802870b6e7bd9e28038f1
US Intelligence Knew Of Wagner Plot Days In Advance, Briefed Congress
Because the CIA paid for it
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-intelligence-knew-days-advance-wagner-rebellion-briefed-congress
I tend to agree with you Charlotte. Of course everyone has an opinion. I think the cabal deluded themselves into thinking all they had to do was to activate their agent in charge of the Wagners and all of their Russia problems would be done with. They probably truly believed that by the time the Wagners arrived in Moscow that over half the country would be supporting them to include most of the military.
Imagine their surprise when they discovered that their little color revolution never had a chance. Prigozhin and the Wagners with him should be very grateful that Putin is a thoughtful man. He did not want a public bloodbath for the Wagners. So he made Prigozhin an offer he couldn’t refuse. JMHO.
That warning about never believing your own press gets lost on those without character and humility. Their arrogance and conceit is always their downfall. Only question is how many innocents do they take with them.
The peasants they met along the road must have had some glorious enlightenments to share with these Vahgnerian Heroes, if that was the truly determined road they were on…
But I do so hope is is as many do suspect, that they gave the Biden Asses exactly what they Richly – Oh So Mightily Richly deserved.
The whole thing was a psyop on the West and probably to help identify anti-Russian operatives in Russia. Prigozhin is an actor. He was leaving Wagner anyway. Putin agreed to his exit strategy, with a Bang!
Intentional on the part of Russia or not that is definitely a bi product. I bet there are a lot of Western operatives trying to get out of Dodge about now.
hehehehehe….
I keep hearing the soundtrack of
the movie…….The Sting.
This has to be one of the best
Sting operations—ever!
And reading the transcript of Blinken
all I kept thinking is that they REALLY
do think we are stupid 🤬 And that THEY
are really THAT stupid.
People who watch Fake the Nation
are probably the most uninformed group
of people in our country. And the strange
thing is that they think they are the most
informed.
Prigozhin deserves every penny he got.
War sucks.
And even as street tough and
smart as he is….he lost a friend and saw
more death than 99% of people ever will.
I do have to admit watching all this unfold
during the weekend has been most entertaining.
I do have to say….it isn’t over yet …and even
these guys are saying today what I have been
thinking and even posted here yesterday.
Obsessed with the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
Rumble. the Duran. 👆👆click to watch
Our Neocons are going to be even more desperate and
dangerous now. Mission Creep
Oh, I dearly Love and Appreciate you bringing up “The STING” at this Highly Apropos Moment….
It has been WAY too Long since I’d heard it. Just Too Wonderful!!!
Like the Rakes of Mallow for “The Quiet Man”, and Michaleen Oge Flynn…. (Barry Fitzgerald)
Only God… I guarantee……..
Perhaps a better description of “Fake the Nation” watchers than “uninformed” would be “misinformed”
FJB
In this combination image, a file photo of Yevgeny Prigozhin (L) and Viktor Bout, seen during the opening of an art exhibition in Moscow on March 7, 2023. Bout, who was serving a 25-year sentence in a U.S. prison, was exchanged in Abu Dhabi for American basketball star Brittney Griner.
Art Exhibition?
SMH…
When I viewed the link I stayed on the site to view what else was showing. A whole lot of stiff seems to be going down all at once.
Gonna go back to living my best life.
https://www.scottritterextra.com/p/prigozhins-gambittreason-by-any-other?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Russian Coup?
Or how Putin and Prigozhin just punked the west. LOL
When the going get weird, the weird turn pro….
From Belarus, Yevgeny can easily raise another army with Lukashenko’s blessing and renew a drive on Ukraine from another front. Indeed, he could accomplish that without officially dragging Belarus into the conflict (and give NATO yet another excuse to escalate).
This is all a bit of Kabuki theater. The fact that Blinken is saying nothing means (this time) he really doesn’t know anything.
.
He doesn’t need to. From Belarus, he can continue to run his restaurant and catering businesses and numerous businesses that supply the Russian military, operate his multifarious ventures in Africa, and be the founder and titular “head” of the Wagner troops, many of whom will be getting bonuses and signing up with the Russian army proper. He is an entrepreneur, not a military commander. The couple thousand troops who are “exiled” into Belarus likely will be guarding/operating the nuclear weapon and military base facilities Putin now has moved there.
It was a great con of the same idiots who brought us the disaster withdrawal in Afghanistan.
.
What?
I believe the “missing” 6.2 billion went to the Wagner Group in order to orchestrate a Coup against Putin. Instead, they went to Moscow to split the $ and Putin issued a warning just to keep everyone in check. BiDumb got played.
The missing 6.2 billion just financed repairs to that pipeline the CIA blew up.
“when it comes to looking out for the safety and security of our personnel in Russia.”
If I were a foreign leader given such an instruction, I’d promotly escort any such people to a border and eject them.
After Afghanistan, it’d probably be a good day to lay off the old “we’ve planned for every contingency” line. They don’t know what the hell is going on even after something happens.
someone posted this but I don’t see it anymore when back-paging
pretty revealing, I think … can you say “re-deployment”?
Yup! Seems as though Putin and Prigozhin were cooking this move together.
No way…
Final post regarding the Scarlet Sails celebration is St. Petersburg. One has to admit that the Russians can put on a classical production with fantastic fireworks. The below video is from the 2015 celebration with English subtitles.
Take care and stay safe
Thank you, this was Beautiful. Truly Magnificent.
In the original video in the post, the ship has red white and blue lights on it at the bottom.
Well those are some really good questions however, I really don’t know squat and if I did you would be the last I’d tell.. end of interview .. geez
So how much of that $6.2 Billion that was “found” ended up in Prigozhins bank account?
Ant•ny Blink•a•ninny spins a tale of his own Future Imminent Harvest. Let Him Enjoy the Super-Abundance of what he has coming to him, which he has so intensely worked so very very hard for.
Do not begrudge him his Reward for which he has struggled so hard to obtain for himself.
No one knows what really happened and this also is only speculation.
Fantastic insight! I think a CNN gig is in your future!
You obviously have no ability to think.
Look in the mirror, sweetie.
Says the ignorant person acting like a cult victim…Sweetie
Thanks for the background. But this take strikes me as fanciful. Here’s a better test: What demands did Prigozhin make before launching his “coup,” what odds did everyone in-the-know give him getting what he wanted, and did he get them in the end. No 4D chess required. He played his hand and (reportedly) got everything he demanded; and Nato has egg on its face. Win for Wagner; win for Prigozhin; win for Putin; win for Russia.
This is the Admin, DOD, State who gave away Afganistan, pallots of USD, Billions worth of weapons, 13 soldiers sacrificed, people falling from the wings of airplanes, US citizens left behing and we are to believe them that they know anything that is going on in the Kremlin? Sure, ok.
Wow. Just wow. Thank you. Hurrah for Yevgeny.
Prigozhin’s removal to Belarus puts him on a northern flank of the Ukraine.
a country in which many, including the establishment media and other institutions, are
(1) willing to pretend, or (2) actually believe that a male or a female can chose genders; and who
(1) accept or (2) encourage using an organ of defecation as a vessel to receive a reproductive cell
thereby, denying the reality or the obvious or the natural law
will be easily duped……..they ain’t got the sense they were born with
Good background post!
Couple to thoughts:
1) Prigozhin was a lower soldier in St. Pete’s mafia. St. Pete’s mafia was run by KGB officers after Soviet collapse. Putin and Prigozhin must have been close since one does not go from selling hot dogs in 1990’s to running Ceasar’s kitchen a few years later. He was fall guy for Putin’s cell – much like Mr. Clinesmith was the fall guy for Mr. McCabe. But Prigozhin’s pay off was much bigger. (Talent is not a skill set in this business and the Law of Proximity gives the game away.)
2) Polish OSIntel (intel) suggest this was a “Maskirovka” (military deception operation) gone wrong… for Putin.
3) Putin’s aim was to first draw Ukrainian reserves into battle, and second (-iffy) to get rid of Shoigu and Gerasimov, so a mechanism was needed. Authoritarian regimes have one overriding principle: we all hang together or we will hang seperately. We see the JoBama people doing these, case in point here:
3.5) Anti-Putin group saw this as their chance by re-purposing the Maskirovka. Anit-Putin are mad because of financial problems. Mayor of Moscow prominant. Poles think Prigodzin was signalling to these folks here:
Notice the crashing of the “Nato aggression narrative” in the clip.
4) So Prighozin took over Rostov in a few hours, while the central command of southern front was based there. Also the entire Strategic Reserve for the SMO was based in Rostov consisting of two armies. These armies didn’t move (Ukraine was watching, so Ukraine did not jump at the bait)
5) Intended Maskirovka was (suspected) lure the Ukrainians to move their reserves into battle (66% to 75% of forces ready for summer counter offensive that have not engaged yet) into a trap – Zaporozhian mine fields. But Ukrainians didn’t move, so Russian reserves around Rostov stayed put.
6) This forced the Maskirovka to start playing itself out. Prigozhin sent a “force” to Moscow. That force was the size of a Battalion Tactical Group, around 800 troops and their equiptment. Prighozin stayed in Rostov. Problem here, for those who know anything about revolutions, the leader needs to “pick up the power” and that power is in the Kremlin. If your leader is not leading the column, then we have no “march on Moscow”. Hence, Maskirovka.
7) “March on Moscow” was able to cover 1000 kilometers in the matter of 18 hours going through some of the most militarized parts of Russia, but the Ukrainians stayed put. Voronhez for example is the home of the 22th Army, air force base and supply depot. Yet 800 people was able to drive right past these military complexes, escorted by rotory aircraft the entire route. Funny anecdote – C.O. of the March wasn’t told that this isn’t a real military operation, or he didn’t tell his troops. Problem was that the troops shot down 6 helicopters and 1 fixed wing command center.
8) And now the interesting stuff: In these types of operations, the leader creates these Maskirovkas to see who is on his side. In this case, Russia observers saw support for dear leader from 1) Kadyrov -Chechens, 2) Volodyn – Speak of Duma, 3) Matvinienko – Head of Federation Council, 4) Medvediev – former PM and assorted governors.
9) Who didn’t comment: 1) Sobianin – Mayor of Moscow / head anti-war dove, 2) Mishutsin – current PM, 3) Zolotov – head of Rozgwardia , Bartnikov – FSB (in charge of borders – should have stopped Prigozhin before entered Russia proper, Diumin – for Putin bodyguard, young vice minister of defense (word is that he not Lukaszenka was lead negotiator) among others.
10) So most likely what happened is that Maskirovka didn’t draw Ukrainians into attack, and while starting to play itself out, Putin realized that their was a hidden agenda, i.e. to remove him, so he started set up blocking action less than 200 miles from Moscow. (Oko river)
11) Once Prigohzin and his supporters realized that there could be blood shed, they miraculously saw the light and cut a deal. (Negotiated by former Putin bodyguard Diumin).
So the current play of the land: the war-doves had to show their hand. Prigozhin let the cat out of the bag that the entire invasion on Ukraine was a “vanity project” of Putin that went horribly wrong. Putin realized that he is on the way out since the “power ministries” did not “kiss the ring” when he most needed it.
And finally, the Coup is still not over. It will be playing itself out up until next year’s Presidential election.
Anyways, this is how the smart people from Polish OSIntel see it.
Sounds like internet nonsense. Putin could of easily removed Shoigu and Gerasimo without the Wagners march. It would of only taken an order. That said Shoigun and Putin go way back and Putin trusts him.
I’ll toss in this bit of info about the idea of “Maskirovka” now coming out from more sources.
In short, one working thought coming together is that the Wagner Group got their hands on tactical nukes and this is why everything stopped suddenly and all has gone silent while trying to figure out what happened. The link is a live link (go to the 6:30 mark for the information to begin):
https://www.youtube.com/live/0FD2abAPOY8?feature=share
So much egg on faces, right and left, on Saturday . It will be interesting to hear the spin today, Monday
All the people connected with Biden look weak, afraid, gay, Blinken looks like a creep selling counsel for car wrecks.
Some days I engage and then realize it’s a theater for the masses, it’s not real. Our government is a means to control slaves. Slaves of mind first then body.
One man stands up and says no more, he gains an inch and is killed. Over a period of time and many lives we gain our freedom but the cost is written into the recipe. We never should have sold out. The departure of us from God is punishment enough but it will engulf us all in loss of life, slavery, suffering. Only because men are greedy and easily controlled. Once the masses understand, maybe not do but understand, that piece of bread in their hand was not free. They traded all the freedom and wealth of God for it. Subtle lies that have enslaved us all.
Satan has a whole store full of temptations, one will tweak your interest, the only vaccine against it is keeping your eyes on God and stay out of satans domain.
The Western media never gets the story straight. That doesn’t mean you’ve got the story straight on Prighozin.
Exactly.
Just FYI, at the 2:22:45 mark a song starts to play, and it is very significant of the Russian spirit and their innate love of the country. It is called ‘з чего начинается родина’ or ‘Where does the Motherland begin’. The words are straight from the heart, and reflect the Russian soul.
Where the Motherland begins
From the picture in your primer
With good and loyal companions
Living in the next yard,
Maybe it’s starting
From the song our mother sang to us
From the fact that in any tests
No one can take it away from us
Where the Motherland begins
From the cherished bench at the gate
From the same birch tree in the field
Under the wind leaning grows,
Maybe it’s starting
From the spring song of the Starling
And from this country road
Which has no end in sight
Where the Motherland begins
From Windows burning in the distance
From my father’s old budenovka
That somewhere in the closet we found,
Maybe it’s starting
From the sound of wagon wheels
And from the vow that I took in my youth
You brought it to her in your heart
Where the Motherland begins
Anyone thinking this was a coup attempt against Putin is ignorant of Russian politics and Putin’s popularity
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Anyone thinking that 8,000 ( it wasn’t 25,000 but wouldn’t matter if it was) Wagners in a column going to Moscow couldn’t of easily been wiped out is ignorant regarding military matters.
The alphabet agencies propaganda machine is working hard all over the net with fake pics, fake news, fake video’s etc. So are other assorted propagandists, fake news outlets, and want to be journalists.
So the Pentagon lost 6.2 B and
A file photo of Yevgeny Prigozhin (L) and Viktor Bout, seen during the opening of an art exhibition in Moscow on March 7, 2023. Bout, who was serving a 25-year sentence in a U.S. prison, was exchanged in Abu Dhabi for American basketball star Brittney Griner.
I wonder if Biden is showing this on his tax return?
Here’s where it gets interesting. Don’t share this; it’s for CTH audience only.
LOL!!!! Sure, what a troll. 🙂
So what is with the mask and duck tape armband? Must be tough to smoke with an arm band on.
Sounds more like a Blinking wish list than anything approaching reality.
and it appears to me that Sundance scooped the WSJ re the Wagner Group’s doings
Listening to Blinken’s drivel here, that appears aimed at children, all I can say is that Larry, Curly and Moe have two mew members,… Anthony and Joe!
If a wider and bigger war didn’t hang in the balance, I would grin and LOL at these fools.
“Larry, Curly and Moe have two mew members”
I realize that is an often-seen typo, but the way you typed it is positively perfect. Kinda allows one to view it all in a different light – think of Sylvester and the Roadrunner, and you may see the appropriateness of the “typo.”
Well done DaP!
TY, just bad eyesight here. Sylvester? What a hoot,… from Looney Tunes/Mel Blanc,.. “I Taut I Taw a Puddy Tat”
I think of the Roadrunner every time the Marxist Dims’ “We Really Gotcha Trump this time” blows up in their face by posting, “Trump just breezed by, again,… Meep, Meep!”
The Marxists are void of humor and H8te being made fun of!
Tell your friend we really need some dead bodies before taking this seriously.
Remember about a year ago, the “Ukranians” came upon some “Russian” soldiers who had a few “dead bodies” strewn across the road. It was a great try, but still not winning – the “dead bodies” got up too soon and were seen.
Dead bodies, that’s what’s needed for a successful false flag. And make certain the dead bodies are not risen from the dead too soon.
“Dead bodies, that’s what’s needed for a successful false flag.”
That’s hilarious.
This is a win-win all around for Russia and Belarus – Wagner in Belarus can now stifle the upcoming coup being orchestrated using CIA trained neo-Nazi’s – and Prigozhin will be given free reign to stomp them down. Putin doesn’t have to prosecute his friend – Lukashenko gets a well trained army and the civilian consequences in Ukraine are under control via Putin. Interesting strategy – but who gets to keep the $6.2 billion the CIA paid for the coup?
This whole thing reads like a Tom Clancy / Jack Ryan adventure in geopolitical intrigue.
Unfortunately for all of us, the Potomac river gang is proving once again that they are indeed, irretrievably stupid!
I for not one moment believed any of this. Maybe because I read this site!
The conflict is in service to the Chinese. They get way below market oil to sustain their economy.