He explicitly claimed he is not against Putin, but against military leadership. So, it is totally not a coup per Prigozhin.
It is kind of elementary school level of logic if you ask me, but it is the logic/argument Prigozhin is using.
It is kind of elementary school level of logic if you ask me, but it is the logic/argument Prigozhin is using.
I am definitely not blaming anyone for calling it "possible coup" or "coup" or even "an attempt to start civil war". The original intent was to explain that coup in quotation marks is also alright term to use.
Edit: every single time I write "wagner are technically illegal in Russia" I get downvoted in HN. It is pattern at this point. So, guys, if that was reason for downvote, yep they are illegal per Russian law.
I suppose you could call it a mutiny in the sense that Wagner is being told by the state that it is now explicitly under the command of Shoigu, and Prighozin is refusing, which has led to what is now happening: an attempt to put down a rebellion and a mutiny.
His videos are consistently insisting he is just defending and not hostile to Russia. Which is of course how he should position himself.
But Putin essentially gave him the death sentence so one or the other has to go.