Prigozhin starts armed insurrection in Russia

Re:Prigozhin starts armed insurrection in Russia by Flatcircle on Friday June 23, 2023 @11:12PM (#36455114)

Someone mentioned that this could counter intuitively make Putin stronger like a coup in Turkey in 2016 where they purged the opponents of the government after a failed coup.

But I have a hard time believing that. Hard to see how Putin can handle too much of this sort of thing.

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Re:Prigozhin starts armed insurrection in Russia by Eldt on Friday June 23, 2023 @11:32PM (#36455255)

I think Putin has an easy enough time purging without an excuse like that

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Re:Prigozhin starts armed insurrection in Russia by Flatcircle on Saturday June 24, 2023 @12:15AM (#36455501)

Exactly!

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Re:Prigozhin starts armed insurrection in Russia by dredmorbius on Saturday June 24, 2023 @08:07AM (#36457970)

Which actually somewhat creates the inverse problem (and not unknown in Russia, Soviet or otherwise): competent generals have largely been purged already, hence the reliance on the W.G. and its chef.

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