07-05-2023, 11:38 AM
“Moscow Maidan”, “Attempted Coup d’Etat” Against Putin? There Never Was a Plan
The M-4 Rostov-Moscow Highway
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research, July 03, 2023
The M-4 Rostov-Moscow Highway
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research, July 03, 2023
There was a hype in propaganda and US political statements against President Putin. Putin knew about it before it happened. He was briefed by Russia’s Ministry of Defense and the FSB. US intel had advanced knowledge of Prigozhin’s intent.
“U.S. spy agencies had indications days earlier that Mr. Prigozhin was planning something and worked to refine that material into a finished assessment, officials said.” (NYT, June 24, 2023)
It is worth noting that on June 21 (2 days prior to Prigozhin’s “Mutiny”), US Intel. had already briefed senior military and government officials.
There is no evidence, however, that it was a US intelligence op.
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There Is Something Very Fishy
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The Wagner Group was founded in 2014. Wagner PMC soldiers had been fighting courageously on behalf of Luhansk and Donesk since 2014-2015, coming to the rescue of civilians.
In his June 23 video, Prigozhin casually denied his commitment to the people of Donbass, emphatically stating that the “war in Ukraine had been unleashed under false pretenses”.
Who wrote his script?
It is worth noting that the Wagner PMC was founded in 2014 by a former Ukrainian-born GRU officer Dmitry Utkin together with Prigozhin. Allegedly, Utkin had Nazi leanings. The PMC mercenary group was named by Utkin in honor of German Composer Richard Wagner.
Prigozhin is an oligarch. His net worth is in excess of 1 billion dollars (according to Forbes). Was he co-opted and bribed to trigger an alleged “coup” against president Putin? …