internal security army, they neither resisted wagner, nor have they joined wagner. everyone is worried, waiting for orders from above. no one wants to take initiative, this is not how the system works. when it comes down to it i suspect that will see this e55entially turn into a 5iege, that ro5tov will become besieged, and they will try to negotiate yevgeny prigozhin s 5urrender negotiate yevgeny prigozhin s surrender to the authorities. whether he will be willing to go quietly, way mill may be another matter. that is the. using military force would be further down the list of options they would like to take. . «a the list of options they would like to take. ., «a ., ,., ., to take. talks about the other leaders of to take. talks about the other leaders of state to take. talks about the other leaders of state putin - to take. talks about the other leaders of state putin has - to take. talks about the other i leaders of state putin has access to? ~ . leaders of state putin has acc
more cautious about directly calling out the other. for yevgeny bogosian, it would be a nuclear option, and for putin it would be added an embarrassing admi55ion for putin it would be added an embarrassing admission that his embarra55ing admission that his creation has turned against him. is there any chance this is part of efforts by putin and the kremlin, and yevgeny prigozhin, to put the focus of blame on the military and attract attention from putin. it would seem if it is, rather braised way of doing it, because intrinsically it does threaten the premiership of putin, it does make him look weak to some degree? i think for that reason we can rule it out. if putin wanted to sack his defence minister, his defence minister would be sacked. he has both the legal and practical political ability to do that. he can blame defeat on whoever he wants. the chief of general staff, the west, aliens. whoever. he doesn t need to go through this very
dangerous and di5ruptive move. it is not only that it is affecting the front line, we see wagner withdrawn, there are talks of some of the paratroopers, who are kept in reserve, are being prepared ju5t paratroopers, who are kept in reserve, are being prepared just in case they need to defend moscow and take back ro5tov. it does di5rupt take back ro5tov. it does disrupt the war effort. but this undermines putin s legitimacy within the elite as a putin s legitimacy within the elite a5 a whole. for all these reasons it would be an extraordinarily expensive and painfully roundabout way of doing something that is actually 5imple. ii, way of doing something that is actually simple. way of doing something that is actually simple. if, like you say, president putin actually simple. if, like you say, president putin created - actually simple. if, like you say, president putin created putin i actually simple. if, like you say, | president putin created putin and wagner bogosian and wagner,