Speculations about coups and rebellions in Russia have been constant throughout the full-scale war. All of them, except one, were wishful thinking.
The latest rumor shared by British tabloids suggests that recent internet outages in Moscow were triggered by fears of an “imminent” coup by figures close to Sergei Shoigu, a senior security official and former defense minister.
The claim originates with the VChK-OGPU channel, known for sharing stories it says are leaked from Russian security services. The channel itself acknowledges it is merely a “conspiracy theory” from an undisclosed source.
Russia experts speaking to the Kyiv Independent have flatly dismissed the rumors.
Except one
That one though.
Man, that was a day. I was refreshing the ISW page every minute. And I figure that proves it could happen, as with a slightly different dice roll Prigozhin could’ve made it to Moscow with an army.
Ah, it is nice to think back to a simpler unprecedented time.
I’m still somewhat convinced Progozhin’s plan was to get hold of a live nuke from a depot along the way to Moscow via “politely” asking Schoigu for the authorization codes, who was supposed to visit Rostov-on-Don alongside Gerassimow when it all kicked off. Apparently, someone tipped them off.
That would’ve been interesting.
Gah, what if he had made it to Moscow with an army and possibly that? What then? It’s wild how close he got.
“This is pure BS. If Russian elites wanted (Russian President Vladimir) Putin out, it would have happened in 2022,” Anton Barbashin, co-founder and editorial director at Riddle Russia, told the Kyiv Independent.
Why? Is the Russian elite incapable of changing its mind?
Those that don’t want you thinking it was a coup, deny that it was a coup.
Well fellas, it’s clearly not a coup.
