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Wagner keeps the media focus on Ukraine, but their real business is in Africa [1]. My cynical suspicion is that this whole affair was really about Prigozhin fi
by gnfargbl 3y ago
Wagner keeps the media focus on Ukraine, but their real business is in Africa [1].
My cynical suspicion is that this whole affair was really about Prigozhin finding a way to keep the buckets of money that he has been making from smuggling African gold; by moving to Belarus he keeps the majority of the spoils, with Lukashenko probably taking a cut.
[1] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-wagner-group-ukraine-war-putin-prigozhin-africa-plundering-resources/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-wagner-group-ukraine-war...
- throwaway290 3y agoThis is actually the most likely. There were tides that could mean them losing money and so we get prosaic greed based infighting threat. The rocket strike got debunked as fake; the rest of his claims are phrased to look "just" for the public while being transparent to those who control the money flow. Remember he never said Putin has to go or similar but he called for people in charge of military budget to be replaced. (Ignore fake spam channels that pretend to be Prigozhin) I have seen a similar analysis by Ukrainian intelligence and it seems what fits bizarre events well