“It looks now that the Prigozhin mutiny is over.”
Historian and political analyst, and author of books on Britain, Turkiye, and the South Caucasus, Dr. Patrick Walsh told this to the Ednews while commenting on the situation that happened in Russia. He added that it has been resolved through the leader of Wagner going into exile in Belarus and Wagner soldiers being absorbed by the armed forces of Russia:
“Prigozhin may also have achieved the removal of Shoigu and Gerasimov, whom he accused of not waging the war thoroughly enough against Ukraine. The last 24 hours were an unexpected ray of sunshine for Ukraine and the Western media did everything to make the drama into a crisis for Putin. However, the mutiny ended without much bloodshed and the reality of the war, in which the Ukrainian counteroffensive, on which so much has been staked, has been underwhelming so far, has come back into focus.”
According to him, Prigozhin has had a long-standing feed with Shoigu and Gerasimov dating back to the battle of Bakhmut, which Wagner won:
“After the battle Shoigu and Gerasimov sidelined Wagner taking Prigozhin out of the public gaze. Prigozhin may have been convinced that he was to be neutralized in one way or another, and he acted while he still could. He knew Putin could not afford to take on Wagner at such an important juncture of the war when the main Ukrainian thrust was expected. So he chose his moment correctly.”
“It would not surprise me if Western intelligence attempted to turn Prigozhin. But it is more likely they were prepared for what happened but were frustrated when Prigozhin cut a deal with Putin and Ukraine lacked the ability to break Russian defenses. Russia is an enigma to Westerners as Winston Churchill once said and it continues to perplex them and make their analysts look like fools”, Dr.Patrick Walsh concluded.
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