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i wonder, had Prigoshin and his Wagner group marched all the way to the Kremlin, how things would have changed. I also wonder how he didn't expect to be murdered in some insidious fashion, since mobsters are gonna mobster.

jjtheblunt•54m ago

Having read the entire article, I also wonder how the soldiers let commanders execute fellow soldiers?

That's got to take some serious psychological breakdown to not pull a sidearm and shoot the corrupt commander.

Nextgrid•52m ago

> not pull a sidearm and shoot the corrupt commander

Wouldn't you just get "zeroed" by the upstream commander or court-martialed and sentenced to a gulag?

cheeseomlit•42m ago

What would be your next move after shooting your commanding officer? You're a dead man yourself after that. Possibly even shot by your fellow soldiers who did drink the kool-aid. And your family back home would probably face consequences as well.

I wondered the same thing when reading about WW1 where soldiers were ordered to charge at enemy trenches and they'd predictably get mowed down immediately, then the officer would send the next group out. I can't help but think 'just shoot him', but it's a lot different actually being in that situation vs. reading about it

estimator7292•3m ago

Fear of being executed, probably. Russia has not historically been friendly to whistle blowing.

cedws•50m ago

I’ve always wondered what made him turn around. Threatened his family? Was Prigozhin a family man?

tartuffe78•3m ago

Probably just realized he didn't want/couldn't lead a military dictatorship, which probably would've been his only option at that point.

technate4eva•46m ago

Executed with shovels and washing machines, I bet!