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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am really confus3d here. Is Putin actually under stress or is this a ploy to get direct control of .ore soldiers?[/quote]

A little from column a and b.

It sounds to me like the conflict between Wagner and the military has reached the boiling point, and typical of Russia they seized the assets of the business from the hands of the wayward oligarch like they did with Yukos.

OTOH Wagner seems to be impressing the public, and the army is not.  So that and the fact that Putin had to flee the coop in the face of troops headed to Moscow damages the aura of invincibility. When it was happening I thought maybe it was part of a coup, but nobody in the military or among the oligarchs stepped forward to join it.

I think for Ukraine the biggest thing is whether the situation has effectively pulled these mercenaries out of the conflict.  If that happens or even if they are temporarily thrown into confusion, then it helps them.  Seizing people is not as easy as seizing an oil field, but they may just want the money and Russia may be willing to keep paying.  And maybe saying no means jail or worse.[/quote]

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