Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said Saturday that a contingent of his fighters who advanced towards Moscow in what he described as a rebellion against Russian military leaders would turn back to…
Putin accuses Wagner chief Prigozhin of treason, calls Wagner mercenaries ‘heroes’ who helped ‘liberate’ Donbas.
Wagner seize control of Russian military HQ in Rostov-on-Don after commanding officer FLED when mercenaries arrived: Militia leader Prigozhin says 25,000 men will march on Moscow to take out ‘evil’ military chiefs as Putin charges him with armed mutiny
this looks like a start of civil war.
Russia analyst on Al Jazeera talking about revolution
It’s started by the military, so it’s a coup, maybe a revolt. In my definition, a revolution is done by the people, not the military.
Not THE military. A private military company, rather. Closer would be if Blackwater (academi? Xe? Idk what their current name is) did it in the US.
I don’t even know what a good term for it would be. Military coup usually means the country’s own military.