Meduza is currently the only major independent Russian news organisation reporting on the war in Ukraine
For people who are just headline readers, the link is a live feed of info about the coup updated in real time. Super cool.
Thank you, I wouldn’t have opened the link if it wasn’t for your comment
tl;dr:
Speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin has released a statement on Wagner Group’s armed insurrection. Russia’s history makes clear: external threats and challenges have only united our society in the past. The deputies of the State Duma, who represent the interests of Russian citizens, support the consolidation of powers and President Vladimir Putin as our Supreme Commander-in-Chief. We are confronting a common external adversary, who is advancing the ideology of Nazism to destroy the Russian citizens, threatening the security of our country. In this situation, it’s necessary to unite even more, and to do all we can for victory.
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Pretty. Crazy. And Latvia locking the border. No refugees from Russia allowed there.
Is this going to be massive, or just a tiny blip.
Those updates are wild to read while they are coming in.
This is insane. I went to Rostov-on-don like 15 years ago. It was my first time out of the country, too. I had college friends from there and I stayed at their house.
I’ve really lost touch with them many years ago. I’m hoping their families are safe. I know one of them is still in the states, I’m think one went back to Rostov. I guess I hope he is not there at the moment.
Word is there was little/no fighting in Rostov. Wagner seems to have taken down a couple Ministry of Defense helicopters there.
Edit: sorry my information was outdated apparently some Chechnyan troops were sent in.
Russian media report on the first shots fired in Rostov-on-Don, which was occupied by Wagner PMC mercenaries. According to a RIA Novosti correspondent, at least five shots were fired at the headquarters of the Southern Military District, which has been controlled by the Wagnerites since morning.
Shooting near the Astor shopping center in Rostov is also reported - the pro-government telegram channel Mash writes about it. The mercenaries are said to be loaded into armored personnel carriers.
Another state-run media outlet, the RT television channel, reports that Wagnerites opened fire at the entrance to the Rostelecom building.
There is no information about the victims yet, as well as confirmation of the start of clashes between the PMC “Wagner” and the fighters of the Chechen battalion “Akhmat” arriving in Rostov.
Thanks, I woke up in the morning to see that everything seems to have settled. I was expecting it to be a warzone.
Putin (and/or his plane) have left Moscow. Hmmmm
I can’t wait for the sequel to the comedy Death of Stalin. The Death of Putin will be hilarious.
closely followed by Withdrawal from all Ukraine.
I kinda hope this turns into a FAFO situation for Putin but a mercenary group doing the teaching is not exactly comforting.
yup, can’t say i can see ways this’ll end in less of a turbofucked situation for the forseeable
We are certain that a solution worthy of the age-old wisdom of the Russian people will be found in the near future.
A window?
Residents of Moscow and the Moscow region have reported receiving calls from unfamiliar numbers with messages from Wagner Group, according to journalist Farida Rustamova.
One person said the caller played the recording of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s statement in which the mercenary leader vowed to “restore justice.”
Another person heard a message from a “robotic male voice” that suggested he join Wagner Group and claimed its units were advancing on Moscow.
this is fine
We need to update clusterfuck in Urban Dictionary to include an example using the Russian military.
Does anyone know what the chances are of Wagner succeeding? Russian’s military has been thinned out greatly because of the war so a concentrad attack behind the main front-lines should be effective. Assuming Wagner has access to Russian army intelligence. This Chechen warband seems like a valid thread though but they also look like the next group to try to grab power…if they crush Wagner, that would be a display of strength that could Putin in a corner as well.
The Hypermind prediction market currently estimates the chances of Putin losing power by the end of the year at 40%. Hypermind is usually a pretty good source, and I’d say this estimate is fairly reasonable (a bit high maybe?).
So far the resistance seems pretty sparse due to people defecting or just choosing not to fight.
