The attempted coup in Russia is much more dangerous than the January 6 insurrection, which I did not support, because Vladimir Putin, who I do not support, was democratically elected, unlike Joe Biden.
by Glenn Greenwald
Interestingly, for the past three months Ukrainian intelligence officials were very confident that all hell was about to break loose in Russia in ways that were dismissed by Western counterparts
It’s the right moment for Nestle, Pepsi, Auchan and other stupid companies to finally leave Russia.
You can’t save your dignity, but at least try to save your money.
It was at uncertain moments like this that Americans used to turn to the Tucker Carlson program on Fox News for the authoritative Kremlin point of view
It seems that it’s time to call on the Moscow regime to sit down at the negotiating table with the leaders of Voronezh and Rostov.
We’re very concerned about the situation.
Putin's plane left for St Petersburg, and Peskov promptly denied Putin leaving Moscow, which in good old Russian tradition assured the population Putin has left Moscow.
I think this goes without saying but Wagner is not your ally even if they want to topple Putin/MoD. The best case scenario is they start killing each other, it goes completely out of hand and Ukrainians take back what's theirs as quickly as possible.
Chomsky got in touch. Says years of reckless Russian expansion against promises made has surrounded Wagner with hostile military forces which caused Belgorod uprising.
Says I should cede land for peace & give Progozhin gold plated off-ramp..