A failed military rebellion of Prigogine reveals the weakness of Putin's regime - ft

The material says that people close to the Kremlin stated that the rebellion of Prigogine "raised the ghost" of the collapse of the state. It is expected that the foundation for rebellion was the disappointment in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, as well as in Putin, who did not cope with what he promised to do on February 24, 2022.

The article states that in Russia it is clear that a large -scale confrontation between the so -called "PECs" in Russia and the regular troops of the Ministry of Defense almost destroyed the Russian state. According to an unnamed oligarch, familiar with Vladimir Putin, for the Kremlin head it is a huge humiliation. "Thousands of people without any resistance go from Rostov almost to Moscow, and no one can do anything. Then Putin announced that they would be punished and they were not.

It was a clear sign of weakness," the oligarch said. Moreover, as the former editor of the newspaper "Echo Moscow" Alexei Venediktov, the army of the Russian Federation and special services could not prevent the rebellion of Prigogine and his mercenaries. The ease with which the "Wagnerivtsi" began the uprising, as well as the lack of strong resistance from the safety forces, is very harmful to the Kremlin's reputation.

"It turns out that you can raise a rebellion against the president and get forgiveness. This means that the president is not so strong," he said. Recall that the US was known about Prigogine's plans for rebellion, but hid the intelligence from the Allies. According to journalists, only a limited number of persons knew about the plans of the head of PEC "Wagner" Prigogine. American intelligence did not share information not only with Ukraine but also with NATO allies.