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Russian agents’ threat to family made Prigozhin call off Moscow advance (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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[–] lightsecond 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I read somewhere that Putin threatened the families of Wagner officers and not Prigozhin’s himself. More plausible IMO because the chain is as weak as its weakest links. Putin might have found just enough leverage.

[–] dystop 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's logical, but it means Prigozhin didn't do a good enough job.

Basically he needed to make sure enough officers at the highest levels are protected. Then when it gets down to, say, anyone below a captain, there would be too many relatives for Putin to round up effectively.

[–] lightsecond 2 points 1 year ago

Hard to strategise in the middle of a war :)