{"id":143466,"date":"2023-06-25T11:51:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T15:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=143466"},"modified":"2023-06-25T11:51:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T15:51:02","slug":"prigozhins-moscow-march-the-aftermath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=143466","title":{"rendered":"Prigozhin’s Moscow march, the aftermath"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Up to 39 Russian military pilots and aircrew killed during Prigozhin’s march to Moscow. (East 2 West News)<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Belarus’s dictator, Alexander Lukashenko, worked out a deal between Vladimir Putin and Yevgeny Prigozhin. Moscow dropped charges against those involved in the coup while PMC Wagner stopped their march and turned around. Prigozhin must move to Belarus, and the Kremlin must replace the defense minister, Sergei Shoigu and the Army Staff General, Valery Gerasmivov. Prigozhin has also agreed to pay compensation to the family members of the Russian airmen killed during that march. The Russians reportedly suffered their worst air losses since they invaded Ukraine.<\/p>\n

From the Daily Mail:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Garry Kasparov, the chess champion who has become one of the foremost leaders of the Russian democratic opposition, said Putin had been ‘humiliated’ by Prigozhin.<\/p>\n

‘The game ended with Putin’s worst humiliation – a run for his life from Moscow when Prigozhin’s army was hundreds of miles away,’ he told CNN.<\/p>\n

Kasparov added: ‘Many of Putin’s top officials ran for cover. A dictator relies on his aura of invincibility.’<\/p>\n

Sergey Sanovich, Hoover Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University, who specializes in disinformation and autocracies, said Putin had never looked so weak.<\/p>\n

He said needing Belarus’s dictator, Alexander Lukashenko, to negotiate with Prigozhin on his behalf was a sign of how enfeebled he was.<\/p>\n

‘Prigozhin makes a daring move and gets away with it, potentially with additional gains to come,’ said Sanovich.<\/p>\n

‘Lukashenko saves the day. Putin reduced to a bystander, complaining on TV and letting his top generals be humiliated.<\/p>\n

‘Never in a quarter century Putin looked so ineffectual and hapless.’<\/p>\n

Sanovich’s view on the involvement of Lukashenko was shared by Michael McFaul, Barack Obama’s advisor on Russia from 2009-11, who then became the U.S. ambassador to Moscow.<\/p>\n

McFaul tweeted: ‘Putin could not control a mercenary force that he created & run by his buddy. He had to rely on Lukashenko of all people to cut a deal with a guy he called just hours ago a traitor.<\/p>\n

‘These are signs of real weakness, not strength. What has weakened Putin’s grip on power? His disastrous war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

‘The longer the war continues, the weaker Putin’s regime becomes. Those that want to avoid Russian state collapse (i.e. Xi) should be pushing Putin to end his war.’<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Daily Mail has additional information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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