"Prigozhin has not actually launched a coup against the Russian government but protesting in such a way to express his dissatisfaction toward top Russian defense officials and to demand better treatment for the Wagner group"
"Quelling the revolt in such a short period of time actually consolidated the authority of the Putin administration, which has little impact on the frontline battlefield between Russia and Ukraine"
"Those events could push Putin to accelerate the end of the Russia-Ukraine conflict to avoid similar risks, and further strengthen ties with neighboring countries such as Belarus and Kazakhstan"
There is no throughline between other posters and me. I have quite literally been drinking on the beach throughout this. This is the Global Times quoting an analyst.
If this is the first time you noticed the people here are still in the Associated Press discourse zone, but just filtering it through a critical lens, well, expect this to happen in the future. A critical lens only gets you so far. You're still led around by the nose.