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.👀
Jill & Joe are going down – Michelle Obama is going to be the democratic nominee. Jill & Joe stabbed in the back. Ha Ha.
Don’t you think Kamala will be going down, too?
Sorry, couldn’t resist that setup.
kramala spent many years on the staff of willie brown
Depends on Joe Bidet now whether Kamala likes it or not.
indeed
and, fwiw, kramalas many positions included head of willies staff
I heard she had a very close relationship with Willie’s staff………
What will be interesting going forward is how hard will Jill and Joe try to hold on?
The better question is how far will those who wish Joe and Jill removed go?
Will the Enemedia start whispering impeachment as punishment for the recently revealed bribery scandal?
Well, you have to say Dallas loves you Dr Jill!
I would say Jill is the one that wants to hold on. (Let them eat cake she says)
Joe is in some other world right now.
Lord have mercy.
In the debate Trump should ask big Mike to declare her pronouns.
ROFLOL!!!!!
Michelle Obama …..God no !!!!!!
She would never win in a legit election but we don’t have those anymore .
In a land where John Fetterman can become a U.S. Senator I lack faith in the system too.
It’s not just the system, it is the electorate. Ignoring that fact will always lead to inaccurate conclusions.
No doubt. Biden probably got 68M Max based on past trajectory. That 68M screwed us all. Listening to American Adversaries now as a matter of fact. 950am the answer outta Clearwater. They come on at 5pm and you can steam of course. They even have a live Sunday show. HIGHLY Recommend!!
They’re getting pissed at RDS. Said he balked at a chance to reform elections. That Raff SOB from Georgia us up to his old tricks. We all know what this means.
Agree Luke.
You grossly underestimate the stupidity of our population. No cheating needed. My husband believed in 2007, “This country would never elect anyone named Barack Hussein Obama”. We know how that turned out.
In every election cycle there are a multitude of winners that should have never been elected, but were. Blaming cheating for everything is foolish.
Not blaming cheating for everything, but they’ve clearly cheated since at least ’12. They can and will put literally anyone in office. The brainwashed are numerous but not enough, but certainly make the cheating easier. Just keep any race close enough, and justify any win. And fake polls always showing Dems ahead cements it.
Agree. They’ve been at it a very long time and have altered elections at least as far back as JFK. COVID helped them to perfect it. We simply cannot use it as an excuse for everything and be blind to the other factors. Specifically, Fetterman. There was so much debate here before that election about Oz and the majority of Treepers refused to accept that MAGA voters (and others) here in PA would NEVER vote for Oz. They believed because Trump endorsed him, voters should obey. They refused to see or to understand that many conservative voters were simply not going to do that with Oz. He did not appeal to many at all. They also underestimated the shift in PA. It’s not a red state, may not even be purple anymore. Of course after the Fetterman win, these same folks determined it had to be “cheating” because they would never admit to being wrong nor open their mind to any other reasons. No one knows if the cheat was the determining factor in that particular race, but to believe Fetterman had to cheat to win, sadly, I’m on the ground here in PA and knew before the election that Fetterman was the favorite. Oz appealed to no one and the rabid anti Trump dems are an energized force here.
As far as polling, it’s only as good as the organization that conducts them. All must be taken with a grain of salt. But human nature being what it is, we cheer and hold up the poll that says DJT 90%, RDS 10%, and scream foul and fake at the one that says DJT 55%, RDS 45%. I once thought “our side” to be more objective, open minded and logical, critical thinkers. COVID revealed much about human behaviors. We are not so different.
On the contrary, she not only can derail RFK jr, she can easily take the general election.
If there’s one person to fear, it’s her.
Respectfully disagree. G Newsome is their guy. If Mooch was going to run for Presidency she’d already be a US Senator in Illinois. She doesn’t have the heart for any campaigning although she definitely has the stomach for lobster bisque with Mac and cheese at tavern on the green.
I didn’t say she was going to run. I was refuting the claim that she couldn’t win the general election. She can, and she would do so handily.
The majority, if not the vast majority of white middle class women would support her. That would spell doom for any Republican candidate.
Gavin Newsom may be the Democratic candidate. Who knows. One thing is certain though. His proposal for a 28th Amendment that guts the 2nd Amendment, won’t play well in the general election.
He’ll also have to deal with RFK jr, and he has neither the character or charisma to do so.
Think of Michelle Obama as you will, but she is *perceived* to have those qualities.
She is the only one who can beat RFK jr in the primaries.
I’m not sure I agree with you. I never thought Zippy would be elected the first time, let alone the second time. Blacks and college educated liberal women could do it. And I’m sure by then they will have found a way to sign up all the millions of illegals to vote, using pictures on the ballots since they prolly won’t be able to read English.
Tucker Carlson made a comment about their “relationship” (Valerie Jarrett has lived with them for 15 years).
I think we can all agree that in that triad Barry is the “taker” on the receiving end of any thrusting movements of phallic objects.
Now I need brain bleach!!! Yuk!!!
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They go farther back then 15 years.
Maybe not the living arrangements, but ValJar was trying to find a ‘wife’ for Bahri back in the 80’s.
One that would have Biblical connotations . . .
What? A throuple?
BO traveled with his Body Man – Reggie Love on at least 2 Valentines weekends while in the WH. Reggie had rumors about his proclivities when he was a college basketball player.
They weren’t hiding anything.
Joe was Obama’s VP and it is unlikely Michelle can be a candidate. Joe has tainted Obama.
I hope you are right.
Anybody can be a candidate for the democrats. And she checks all the boxes (especially the most important one “in the club”). She’ll be formidable, hopefully she’s been tainted enough, but that’s doubtful given what we’re dealing with. Mr. Trump should know how to handle her, I’d follow his lead.
Tainted is putting it mildly. Considering her history, I don’t think even Sam Brinton would be interested in all that baggage.
Moreover, Michelle Obama hated her time in D.C. It might not be easy to persuade her to return to that environment. It seems to me that she currently has what she wants.
Mainly Michelle is a lazy-ass; no way will she give up the spoils of her 8 years as 1st lady to work 24/7/365 x 4. She’s got it too good where she is.
She likes the caviar and lobster tails and gold martinis that the high class life afford her.
Her?
That’s been my thinking also, but after seeing Biden in the oval, I’m not so sure mooch wouldn’t take a spin to be the first Black woman, husband/wife POTUS team. An awful lot for this power couple to pass up. If she ran, she will surely get more votes than Biden. Getting her to the winning count will be a walk in the park for TPTB.
Hillary would have the sads. 😜🤣
😁
At this point it’s all just a TV show.
Spot on.
She could just bring ValJar along with her like Zippy did. He was as lazy as the day was long, ValJar did all his work from his office in the personal quarters at our White House. I read that Zippy just lounged around all day in the big chair, watching basketball. Val took care of the business.
Watching TV and smoking Kools.
Agreed.
Well, rumor has it that “Michelle” ‘tainted’ Joey Shitferbrainz, and is the reason he’s been wearing diapers since his early VP days, so are they even?
OT BUTT.
Still betting on newsom here.
Newsom was 20/1 for the Dem nominee three weeks ago. He’s currently 6/1. That’s a massive swing.
RFK 8/1
Big Mike 12/1
Joe -275
Hannity called Newsom Mr President on air recently.
Newsom is on deck
There’s no way. She’s too lazy and looks like the side of a house these days. She can’t withstand all the prying judgmental eyes.
She? LOL
Rumor: Prigozhin owns a movie company.
I believe a person right here at the Tree-house posted that this movement would reveal Western electronic and physical positions, and that Prijozhin had probably been paid handsomely by our western idiots.
The main article now rakes on a different tack – after reading your snippet!
See Black Knight downstream…he reminded us about his earlier thoughts mirroring this analysis…I remember reading his analysis in my preliminary research yesterday.
Is that where our$6 billion went?
Notice how dangerous St. Peteresburg , Russia is at 2AM /s
Belarus now has BOTH Russian tactical nukes AND Prigozhin. Checkmate.
Our gubment has a do not travel warning to Belarus. Guess I’ll have to go to New York and see the circus…
That looks like a Russian ideogram depicting an epic rope-a-dope.
I saw a reference to a land-type “Crazy Ivan” on a thread over at 0hedge.
On paper like this, it’s almost a perfect fit!
🙂
This is the hidden paw. Ukrainian replacements are pouring east to replace troops lost in the disappointing June offensive. Two days of strategic misinformation, perhaps even accelerating Ukrainian redeployment, and Kyiv lies undefended.
All made easier by arrogant Western Intelligence emboldened by a PROXY WAR.
Precisely.
This was done WITHOUT A SHOT BEING FIRED by Ukraine soldiers or Nazis b/c they BELIEVED Wagner was going up against Putin and designated them FREEDOM FIGHTERS. 60K troops moved into position peacefully. Checkmate.
this will be an Oliver Stone movie in a couple of years.
Sean Penn is prolly already asking for the role.
Sean Penn is an idiot
i know that this is just going to prolong the suffering and increase odds that it escalates… but for at least today, everything about this story just brings me such joy.
the abject dipshittery of a flailing empire on display for all to see – and they just fully gloss over it and pretend we didn’t see what we all saw.
now back to the serious show.
MB,
Ah, we agree!
“God, I LOVE the smell of schedenfrude in the morning! It smells like,…
VICTORY!”
I see SO MANY parellels between the U.S. Govt. instigated war with Russia, IN Ukraine, and the U.S. Govt war with MAGA, being waged in the U.S….
As usual, interesting take Dutchman… very very interesting.
so you might be wondering: who is this propaganda aimed at fooling?
answer: no one. At this point the failed state of the US Government only has the option of continuing the stack lies upon lies.
we are far past the point where any of these distortions actually result in convincing anyone what is really going on. The propaganda state is “servicing it’s debt”…
God Bless America
Great analogy Regitiger
Q (Madge): Is there a possibility of a civil war?
A (Tony): I don’t want to speculate on that.
ha ha ha
“We’ll have to wait to see how this shakes out, over the weeks and months ahead.”
Translation: I have NO freakin clue, and our intel people are all in fetal positions, sucking their thumbs.
That’s probably the most accurate statement about these fools.
Here Here!
Notice the speculation on steroids when snippets of news began to surface. Honest journalists would have done their homework and waited a couple of days before reporting but they have predetermined what the narrative should be whether it is true or not. If the truth comes out in perhaps a few days or weeks, their narrative will have spread widely and been accepted. There will be no front page apology and correction.
The mainstream media have blood on their hands like many Western politicians for their warmongering and pushing for a massive supply of arms to Ukraine without ever declaring war on Russia. They have no conscience about sacrificing 300 000 to 400 000 Ukrainian men who will have died and as many seriously injured. This is obscene considering that they could have found ways to prevent or end this war peacefully.
A US government that creates a bioweapon in wuhan and kills millions worldwide does not have the word obscene in their vocabulary. It’s bombs away and often.
God Bless America
The Empire of Hate and Lies…as Andrei, proprietor of the late and much lamented site “The Saker” so labeled the United States government and its attendant agencies.
There are volumes of history to back up this moniker.
I think he was spot on.
Agreed.
Can’t watch this poop show and not hear that phrase echoing in my skull.
It’s accurate. I think that’s why it sticks, Maquis.
Painfully so.
We are occupied.
The United States is majority CONSERVATIVE
Yet the Uniparty is Bolshevik and the Republicans are Blues pretending to be Reds
The American People haven’t had free elections in decades, and are as occupied and under the thumb as any other country.
I also notice how you don’t mention Israel…
Not to mention the massive child trafficking that has taken place in Ukraine. The toll on human life has been staggering – this “war” is just a side note in comparison. The media has much to answer for.
Very interesting theory!
Makes more sense than anything else I’ve seen
The idea that Putin/Priogozhin were playing intergalactic 12D 4th level chess to move Wagner to Belarus staging them for a kill shot into Kiev is probably the funniest thing I’ve seen.
The video of Priogozhin screaming like a maniac in front of a pile of dead bodies was a clear giveaway that he was not happy. Don’t discount there was probably a couple of bottles of vodka involved as well.
This deal was serious and Lukashenko came out the hero.
Bwaahaaahaaahaaahaaaa!
ROTFLMFAO! That’s rich, infidel! Thank you! I needed a good belly laugh today!
From the onset, I knew it was a major psyop. It was there for all to see on a few Twitter handles. What it achieved?
Reports of a lot of cash in Prio’s vehicle. Something close to $5M. And Putin isn’t the type to pay off with cash.
And Prio is now well stationed as the Belarus border is patrolled and protected by Russians.
Zelenskyi is the great loser. He ran his mouth too much. A real fool.
Putin unified his nation.
But Zelensky has the adoration of Sean Penn and Brad Paisley. So there is that.///
Who are Sean Penn and Brad Paisley?
Brad Paisley is a country singer who regularly cheats on his wife
“Don’t discount there was probably a couple of bottles of vodka involved as well.”
IALTO!© (iow, I ALWAYS LOVE THAT ONE! | © Dan Cole aka Common or “The Common Man”)
Plus, the top Belarusian general that hit on the “insurrection” ploy and came out for the overthrow of Lukashenko. I wonder where he is now?
Lukashenko should be very nervous about his new guest.
seen to me its you who is more nervous of wagner guy in the 404 country….
So THAT’s where the extra 6 Billion dollars the Pentagon found went to?
Prigozhin’s 401K?
And he double crossed ’em?
That IS one snarky gremlin!
Glad others agree to same perception
Kim Dotcom is reporting that Putin and Prigozhin just scammed the CIA out of $6.2 billion (remember that $6.2 missing in Ukraine?). Prigozhin promised he’d deliver a coup, and then called it off, splitting the money with Putin.
That actually makes the most sense of anything I’ve read so far. The $6.2B is the submersible in this story and the ‘coup’ is the Titanic.
This would be even funnier if the $6.2 billion weren’t the US taxpayers’ money.
Wishful thinking… Love him or hate him I don’t think Putin is going anywhere.
Putin has been really measured and in control throughout this whole Ukraine war. The West looks like the Keystone Cops.
VVP…..disciple of ..SUN TZU and NICOLO MACHIAVELLI……..brilliant move.
Fishing in White Russia ,oops Belarus. Beautiful this time of year. Putin goes everywhere.
Margaret and Anthony….$500 hairdos on 10 cent heads speaking to the potted plants we call people who watch Sunday news programs..
Propaganda puppets.
It was nothing more than a very simple swindle, and “mission accomplished” for making the American neo-cons look like the hapless idiots that they usually are. (“Billions of dollars, breathless pretensions, historical blind ignorance, no cunning, zero military experience nor awareness, and no brains.”)
When Wagner presented the idea, the West bought it – literally – because it was what they craved to hear. Putin said the right things at the right time to keep up the head-fake. Wagner could name its price and get it, and he did.
Because it was what they wanted to hear, they never asked any questions. And they still don’t accept that they were just royally conned and made a laughingstock.
“Swish!” Fish. Barrel. Billions.
stinkin blinken said “The President always speaks candidly, he speaks directly. He speaks clearly, and he speaks for all of us.”
BS. He does not speak for me.
And he does not speak candidly nor directly and he certainly doesn’t speak clearly. So Blinken is as usual–100% gas-lighting.
And he doesn’t even speak clearly….
I said the same thing when I read that line.
Colossally stupid, incredibly ridiculous statement by Blinken, all the way around. Can’t believe he could keep a straight face.
Excellent summary!
Priogozhin’s revenge looks to be about $6 billion dollars in a Pentagon accounting error.
I like the part in the movie The Sting where the bad guys finally realize that they have been tricked.
Theory posted on infowars “Russian coup attempt was failed cia operation that only made Putin stronger” by Mike Adams, health ranger.
This article spins explanation suggesting all or part of $6billion pentagon “accounting error” announced recently was money given by cia to Prigozhin as payment to stage a cia – type color revolution intended as diversion from failed Ukraine counteroffensive.
Now msm story is not about ukraines failed counteroffensive but instead painting Putin as humiliated. But mike adams disagrees.
Article Suggests Putin well aware early on and went along with the theater. As result Putin enjoys even stronger United patriotic support of Russian people . According to Mike adams CIA got punked
Imagine how Zelenskyi feels! – I think he’s on sedatives.
He’s over on the fainting couch with a bad case of the vapours.
or white powder…????
Yup! And it’s great!
Mike Adams is CIA, ever notice how he doesn’t age? Adrenachrome…
So how many billions did he get from the CIA to overthrow Putin ?
6.2 billion dollars.
Hope the check cleared.
Sundance, when you say keep this between us, I know you must be kidding. More and more people are aware of CTH, including even President Trump.
Shhhhh….
🤣😂🤣
Ron B,…
If he had meant it, he would have taken us all out for a pancake breakfast, he was just being facetious.
I saw what you did there…
We used to have a contract with the CIA to print their most secret communications in our church bulletin since no one ever read that. Lost the contract when the operatives didn’t read it either.
Of course he’s kidding, as we all know that this site is scoured by CIA and FBI intelligence gatherers daily. They even read all the comments, and don’t think for a second that they can’t unseal your anonymity.
Superior Strategic use of Snark is just one of several excellent journalistic weapons in Sundance’s well-stocked armory…..
Those of us boycotting Fox will never know, because we are boycotting Fox.
6 bill accounting error. See eye aye buy money. Ooops all gone. Fracking fools
S_Lizard. Why did I read that hearing President Trumps voice, explaining it to folks at a Trump Rally? LOL
Because that makes it ten thousand times funnier! 😂
” SEC. BLINKEN: Well, I instructed my own team at the President’s behest to engage with the Russians,… ”
SILO ‘d AND JOE ISN’T INVOLVED – VERIFIED again
And your comment has do with this thread, how exactly? – BTW “Trump Truth” – ? You got to be kidding with that name, right ? ?
“Here’s where it gets interesting. Don’t share this; it’s for CTH audience only. ”
🤣😂🤣 You crack me up Sundance!
Be of good humor…be of good cheer… live your best life…above is an ‘Easter egg’ proving that Sundance does what he encourages us to do.
P.S. There are millions that come to this website… but keep that between us.😏😉😁😂🤣
Fabrege 🥚
The only kind Lorrie!
I have one but it’s a Macy’s knock off🤣
Which means we must keep this secret just among us millions…..
There’s some unhappy clowns in Langley with 6.2 billion reasons to cry in their wine sprizters.
FedGov can get Bud Lite for almost free for their Friday afternoon happy hours in the agency cafeteria, but because they have per diem they order Stella Artois… an expensive premium beer that InBev bought and cheapened up.
Yuengling all the way
So the US government paid 6.2 billion to Wagner to start the coup……they took it, marched within 120 miles of Moscow, caused a huge western media storm and then called it off. Priogozhin got rich off the CIA and gave Putin a little embarrassment he needed, now he will retire in Belarus a Billionaire. If only we had people that smart in our government………Trump probable called Priogozhin and they laughed their asses off for 15 min and then Trump probable wished him well. Lol
This is a video taken Saturday night as Prigozhin and Wagnar left Rostov. It shows a remarkable story. The Russian people love Wagnar. They love their generals. They love their Chechens. They love Putin, their President. All they feel are working for them. They are thrilled this was ended without bloodshed.
Yah, well I love my Donald.
I want him back where he belongs!
MRGA, Putin is Making Russia Great Again, and the CIA is helping him.
“….and the CIA is helping him.”
Well…. only by their incompetency and gullibility.
A con artist’s easiest mark is another con artist.
Patrick Lancaster routinely throws Satanic hand signs up. He sold his soul to the Devil. Avoid him.
Hopefully, likely, our CIA bribed Priogozhin to stage a coup against Putin.
Putin and Priogozhin may be in disagreement on the tactics used in the war in Ukraine, but they are still comrades. And we just enriched them. Coup psy op. Coup over. Nothing changed.
The playbook our CIA uses is getting well worn and everyone seems to know the next step and how to play them for idiots .
What next?
i’m hoping what’s next is that some of the foreign governments start saying this out loud.
twil be fun to watch the press brothels pretend not to hear it.
World leaders planning to stand up against the US cartel/bullies?
Bravo!
And don’t tell anyone.
Perhaps this is a Russian op for cover to redeploy assets for the next phase. Example,
Wagner to the Polish and Baltic frontiers with Belarus as a launch point for all kinds of mayhem.
We need Trump to come in and wrap this up.
Oh I just remembered, the election was stolen.
Keep the Faith!
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I discussed this exact scenario (sans the personal connections in St Petersburg) with Regitiger yesterday on the Jack Smith post and made the hypothesis of this scenario of punking the CIA – last comment was about 8:50-9:00. Warned R on his original comment not to put too much weight on the propaganda coming out of the media earlier in the day.
Today, on the Presidential thread, I addressed it again – takes the ‘bribe,’ pockets the money, backs off and gives Putin the intel to expose or blackmail Biden/CIA.
An extra added bonus I added to this scenario today, so far overlooked, is this:
Russian military assets moved towards the border and Wagner to what was ‘acclaimed’ to be a maneuver to counter the alleged ‘coup.’
Don’t be surprised if there is a new military offensive movement to the north or west of the front.
Classic maneuver under deception for other purposes and those idiot neocons / intel/DoD leaders of ours fell right into that trap.
Let’s see how it pans out!!
I do remember that analysis Black Knight. It was early in my research when I was sifting-&-sorting through 🌲 🏠 comments and Twitter threads while longing for analysis from Sundance.
Well done, BK. I always enjoy your repartee with Regitiger, Dutchman, and others.
I was a C- in a public high school so my contributions are feeble compared to you, Dutch, Regitiger, Betsy Jones, Maquis, Stillwater, and numerous others.
Thank you and I think you do just fine. I pay attention to your posts also along with a lot of others.
Arminius,
I was a C- in high school, finally took a GED and some college classes while locked up.
One of the smartest guys I ever knew, only completed 6th grade, another was a high dchool drop out.
There is being smart, there is being intelligent, and there is being academically astute (knowing how to play the education game) and there is not, automatically a corelation between the 3.
As Kari Lake has said
“Some of the dumbest people i know, are college graduates.”
A genius, even without any formal education, is still a genius, and an idiot, even with all of the education in the World, is STILL an idiot.
Your comments are short, astute and to the point.
Keep commenting!
Thank you my friend Dutchman…and thank you Black Knight (right above)… your encouragement means a great deal to me.
I am privileged to have found the 🌴 🏠 during my RonPaul years (still love Ron) and I humbled to comment with the other great patriots here.
Yet, at the end of the day, to God be all the Glory.
They all need to offer classes to the rest of us here at the Treehouse, under SD’s tutelage of course. Sort of like those online Hillsdale College classes!
Nope, your contributions are NOT feeble, not by a long shot. I always enjoy your posts, as much as so many others.
Thanks for all your posts.
Thank you Bananas… ditto on your posts, too.
Sundance, love your take on this. Other, e.g., Larry Johnson, have similar takes. Agree,the DS here has egg on its collective face and is a few billion dollars poorer.
Larry always has prescient observations and analysis.
He is probably the best of the sources that I encounter and study on Ukraine everyday.
Sometimes he’s a little off, but less than the others I read.
But after all, we all make errors in judgment from time to time. All of us.
Black Knight, a must read every day, but I don’t always agree with his take. That’s why I read a variety of other sources to try and get a reasonably balanced and accurate view of what is really happening. Those that depend on “MSM” have no idea what is going on and that’s a dangerous situation in my view. In fact, some start believing their own nonsense.
Unfortunately the deep state egg is all over our faces as we are the poorer ones with a few billion of our tax dollars wasted.
I think that having our DS with egg all over their face was worth $6.2B. That was the best money that they have spent this year.
I worked outside in the heat all day so I’m a little low on cognitive power.
I get everything that’s been stated except…..what’s the significance of the video of the red sailed sailing ship?
I wondered the same thing and then it dawned on me… this is what a $6.2B coup in Russia looks like…lots and lots of collateral damage…IN D.C.
Yeah, somebody’s got sum ‘splaining to do.
Echoes of David Stockman’s “trip to the woodshed” under Reagan when Stockman, whom I like, called tomato ketchup a vegetable in the school lunch program and he understandably took a lot of heat… everyone knows he should have referred to it as a fruit…😏😉😁
Stockman would have made the same mistake with peppers, another botanical fruit/culinary vegetable. Related to raspberries and blackberries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_Sails_(tradition)
Some further info.
Story book behind the “Scarlet Sails.” The power of dreams!
https://www.wattpad.com/676296435-scarlet-sails-foreword-by-the-translator
One day, Sir, I hope you release a book on your background. You never cease to amaze us.
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.
Agree Mike S. Gripping prose that has me hanging on every word.
Sundance – the man in the know, who we all would love to know! With great respect Sundance — You are adored, cherished and loved!!
Our host’s theory is plausible, that Prighozin launched his “coup” and hours later a large sum of (CIA?) cash was transferred into his account, and after this transfer was confirmed the “coup” was terminated. Prighozin is a criminal and he knows you can steal from other criminals, because they’ll never go to the cops. They may try to revenge-murder him, but a guy like him faces that all day every day, so no worries.
Russia was dismantling Wagner anyway, and Prighozin would then have had no mercenary army to command anyway. So the russian govt might very well have gone along with a plot to stage a “coup”. Prighozin gets a few billion payoff, Russian enemies get humiliated and Ukraine leaders get dispirited. It feels like something a career criminal would cook up, doesn’t it?
Govt’s suspecting a foreign organized coup ALWAYS create honeypots to trap foreign agents, and domestic, and liquidate them. Hitler’s people humiliated the British multiple times this way, and they finally threw their arms up and stopped trying.
Proof that it was a fake “coup”: Nobody in govt or senior military or Prighozin’s senior and middle officers went along. Hmmmmmmmm…
Proof that it was a real coup: Some aircraft were reportedly shot down, some roadway tank traps excavated, some bldgs destroyed, but was this all just a sham to ensure the cash transfer in those first few hours took place? Hmmmmmmmm……
It may be a coin flip.
Shortest coup in history. Cleaning my kitchen after Thanksgiving takes longer…🤔
ROFLOL!!! True!
Very unlikely that Putin was involved due to the bad optics that it cost him.
Prigozhin may well have played CIA & British Intelligence. The Russians have a word for the art of deception – maskirovka.
The Wagner run into Russia resulted in benefits for Wagner.
It will be interesting to see if Prigozhin is alive in a year and if he dies who puts their fingerprints on the assassination.
💥
I’d be stunned if Putin didn’t know instantly Wagner was moving, and only slightly less stunned if he wasn’t in on it from the beginning w Prighozin. I called it a coin flip above, but writing all that out has me thinking it’s a near certainty that this was a Russian govt op. Had to be, or much bloodshed could result, including Prighozin’s.
Putin had his part to play and he played it perfectly. CIA fell for cut hook, line, and sinker because the Wagner people told them what they wanted.
Putin on video looked extremely pissed
Do we really know if any aircraft were shot down, tank traps excavated, or bldgs destroyed.
Aircraft- if shot down, were they old, combat capable and/or remote controlled.
Tanks traps and bldgs destroyed- exactly where was those images taken? Ukraine maybe?
PSYOPS!
As someone pointed out, planes could have easily halted the convoy at any time, and didn’t.
Hence, Putin WAS “IN ON IT” and he wants the I/C idiots to know.
On Saturday, Ben Harnwell of Steve Bannon’s Warroom, posted on GETTR:
Ben Harnwell
@harnwell
·
Jun 24
Does the New York Post really expect us to believe that KGB-trained Vladimir Putin ran like a little bitch with his tail between his legs because some angry cook was 350km outside Moscow?! 😂 It beggars all belief that the presidential jet would have kept its transponder on while Putin was fleeing for his life to another location. Source: https://nypost.com/2023/06/24/russ…
Our news media is almost too disgusting to put into words.
It is PUBLIC ENEMY #1
Those are accurate and acceptable words to describe the media, Vespy. I, like Workingman, didn’t think it could be phrased for polite company.
Followed by “Education” Public Enemy #2.
@MPHD: “…Our news media is almost too disgusting…”? IT IS disgusting!
Almost? I think you can delete that word from the sentence.
Wonder if the CIA can get a refund.
Corrupt International Agency – spit
There was probably a “no refunds/no returns/buy-today-or-the-price-goes-up” clause in the contract…sort of an online clearance sale price for a Russian coup.
I’d say “someone did something” in Russia and threw sand in the gears of the CIA and their close-knit friends. 😜
“Someone = Some people.”
It’s OUR TAX DOLLARS!!!😡😡
I’d gladly double our debt to take down the CIA
“Well done, Yevgeny…. well done. Enjoy your retirement.”
Indeed, probably with a part of the $6b the Pentagon “found”.
I love it.
I believe P&P (Putin and Prigozhin) played the CIA very well on this one.
Disregard all the nonsense spouted by the MSM.
Any sign of Ms. Power?
I hope not.
Restitution for Nord Stream through a beautifully executed sting?!
Here’s the dirty secret: Russian LNG is still going to Europe.
It’s just being resold through India, blended with other LNG on Greek-flagged tankers, and then being shipped into EU ports. And all of these countries, Russia included, are taking a huge cut of the marked-up prices caused by reduced supply and higher transportation costs.
That is restitution for Nord Stream.
Interesting. Another example of not being able to believe any news.
This whole conflict is incredibly fake and gay.
There are also reports that many traitors and NATO /CIA compromised Russians fled the country as this “coup” bit the dust. Many other pro westerners exposed themselves. Another win for Putin.
That was the counter intel portion of this multifaceted operation.
A big part of how this played out is, whatever Putin is or isn’t, he has a track record of being a principled straight shooter who does what he says. Compare that to the imbecile U.S. weasel, 4th Estate, backstabbing crackheads that has been running things for decades in D.C. It’s far smarter to trust him than Washington.
I suspect the WAGNER FORCE IS BACK IN THE RUSSIAN Federation. This was just another “ho hum” for the USA who stirs up coup de tats in other nations routinely. Think this one backfired.
BIGLY!
Here’s a good discussion from today via Russians with Attitude. It’s worth the time.
Lot’s of interesting stuff and answers to questions from viewers. Mostly speculation from guys that go deep on everything historical in Russia and know what the lack of information might mean.
The junk coming out of our media is retarded and spun up tight as a top, as always.
https://www.youtube.com/live/R94-kYv0X-M?feature=share
Thanks Akindole
“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.”
I don’t think many people in the West understand this:
Within the context of Russian politics, Putin is a moderate.
Any regime change in Russia, the holy grail of the Western Ne0-Con Doomsday Cult, will result in a more extreme, more anti-Western government. One that will be less willing to restrain Russian military operations in Ukraine. One that will be more willing to accept direct military confrontation with the West.
If the WNCDC did sponsor this hamfisted mutiny, then it is too stupid to realize that or too amoral to care. These people are willing to risk total destruction as long as they fin their white whale in Moscow.
Your last paragraph hits the nail on the head. Amoral – absolutely.
There is a large element in our government that has historical ties to Ukraine and Russia that have a maniacal hatred for ethnic Russians and their religious beliefs.
They will do anything to foster this war to their desire, including plunging the world into a nuclear holocaust. A perfect but insignificant example is Vindman. Others, more important include Nuland & Blinken.
I say we hand over Vindman, Nuland, Blinken and Jake Sullivan to Putin.
The WNCDC got punked. It really is that a simple.
Have listened to multiple sources I trust. You can hear latest from The Duran if you are curious. I went to drudge just to see the headlines. Holy smokes we live in 2 different realities. One is real and the other one is fake and gay.
The fake and gay universe is being driven by peeps like Blinken and his cousins. I will stay in my real reality that runs on facts, logic, and truth. Those are all antithetical to those who have made the choice to enslave us. That is ultimately what they are trying to do.
They have already failed just haven’t come to terms with it yet. Even so there’s no cause for celebration. The Blinkens of the World still have plenty of world wrecking weapons at their disposal. They must be stopped and destroyed.
Good observation.
Thank you sir….when the rubber hits road we are squarely on the same team!
2024 is going to be a bitch and we still have 6 months left in 2023. Listening to some local radio guys now. American Adversaries is their name and guess they do Sunday episodes too. They’re out of Tampa I guess think.
They come on at 5pm and I’m out of the car by then usually and miss their program. For local guys they are good. Knowledgeable about Russia and talking about RDS (they’re getting pissed) and Raffensberger setting us up for failure in 2024. More evidence RDS is indeed on the take.
When SD started in about that it was hard for me to believe. RDS did help with covid even if it was a ruse. But yeah, RDS is the final middle finger that’s been given to middle America. We have ZERO friends in state and US government. There’s a few out there think we can trust. Seems to me the litmus test should be measured by their relationship with Trump.
Made up my mind last week: If DT is not in the game 2024 I will NOT vote. That would be the best message to send to the establishment.
“We are no longer interested in your farce nor will we legitimize the sham.” This is the warning that should be delivered to the GOP NOW!!
Don’t worry about that Raffensberger POS. Things going down in GA. GOP Party has complete new leadership after Trump’s Columbus visit. Favorito got the suit back on track and major files were released.
I would still encourage you to vote even if you have to write Trump’s name in. That is the best message to send back, imo!
Another possibility:
This Prigozhin story seems like a convenient setup for a CIA assassination of Putin, which would then be blamed on Prigozhin (the patsy).
They don’t have the capacity to do any such thing.
And what changed on the battlefield in Ukraine during the past 48 hours?
Not. Much.