Wagner Group boss, Yevgeny Prigozhin is always in the news. His latest outburst was rather interesting and the below link tries to explain why he says what he says:
Very clearly, these pronouncements are for the Western Media rather than Russians who are mostly entertained by his outbursts and vulgarities. In Russia, Yev’ is a character. The Bad Boy Who Made Good.
In the West, they say he “makes sense” when he massages their delusions, playing fast and loose with facts, as Simplicius has noted. For example, he quotes Wagner losses at 20,000 compared to Ukrainian losses of 50,000 when talking of Bakhmut.
My idea is somewhat different. I think Prigozhin sees himself as Putin's replacement. Putin could well be suffering a terminal illness and given he's something of a romantic when it comes to the Russian Empire, he could have ordered the invasion of Ukraine to bring it back within the fold before he dies.
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