Putin: Prigozhin Made a Serious Mistake

I'll say.

President Putin gave a short remark on Prigozhin and Wagners’ leaders’ death a few hours ago.

“He was a man with a difficult fate, and he made serious mistakes in life. And he achieved the results he needed for himself, and when I asked him for it, for the common cause, as it was in these last months. He was a talented person, a talented businessman, he worked not only in our country and achieved results, but and abroad in Africa in particular. He was engaged in oil, gas, precious metals and precious stones there. He, only yesterday, as far as I know, had only just returned from Africa,” he said.

That’s it.

As you can see for yourself, in his statement, President Putin strongly condemned the alleged NATO MANPAD that shot down Prigozhin’s plane shortly after it departed Moscow. He also raised the possibility of this being an SBU assassination based on the preponderance of the evidence found in the wreckage. Putin also categorically condemned conspiracy theorists that alleged that the Kremlin may have had a hand in the killing.

It’s all right there, stated clearly and succinctly in the above short statement. Please re-read it if you don’t believe me.

You have to know how to read between the lines and see the Judo-logic at play here, which not everyone can do, admittedly. ZAnon prophets are chosen by birth because of their latent powers of prophecy and interpretation. Mere mortals such as ourselves are not capable of comprehending their logic and we shouldn’t even try, frankly. But I’m sure the other Z-bloggers will be able to explain Putin’s statements and the battle-strategy that he revealed for taking Kiev by the end of August in them better than I can.

I leave that part in their capable hands.

In the meantime, I think we can all agree that it would be rather strange for President Putin to NOT condemn the killers of Wagner’s entire team, many of whom are decorated Russian military vets, medal-recipients and heroes according to both the state media and public perception. Since we know for a fact the Kremlin had nothing to do with the killing, because the Kremlin does not and has not ever relied on such methods, it follows logically that Putin condemned Kiev and NATO for carrying out the attack in his statement because it would look rather strange otherwise.

Just think, if you were on your way to court and you were stopped by journalists and asked: “did you kill that lady in that alley on that day?” and you answered with something along the lines of:

“She had a difficult fate. The stars had already sealed her destiny. She made a serious mistake. Her last mistake as it turned out. Isn’t it curious that she had only just returned to the city the day before? Curious … “

I mean, what are you trying to say when you say that?

That a day after the most high-profile death in Russia since, well, since the last decade at least and definitely since the SMO started, that the President came out with a statement in which he DIDN’T say who was to blame and DIDN’T say something to the effect of, “we are working to ascertain who is responsible, exactly, and these people will be punished when we find them” in his statement?

Again, we know that this is simply impossible, a priori. So, checkmate, conspiracy theorist.

No, but seriously, what do you want me to even say at this point?

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Enemy of the Russian people and all-around bad person, Igor Strelkov, managed to get a message out through his lawyer which was reposted on his channel. Even though I categorically condemn the existence of Igor Strelkov, I have to respect his commitment to his internet posting career. I wonder if I would do the same if/when I were in a jail cell, smuggling out jokes and memes on pieces of toilet paper that I pass on through the bars to my lawyer. I am not sure how the law works in the Slavlands, but people in Russia enjoy freedom of speech and a transparent system of justice. Igor Strelkov, who is in jail for his posts on Telegram on secret charges that we don’t know, had this to say …

But wait, can I even repost it? What if it is extremism to share what a man being prosecuted for hate speech, essentially, said? Can we get some legal advice here before we proceed?

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While we wait for a lawyer to reach out to me, I’ll just share what a totally unrelated man had to say about the death of Wagner.

I believe that the likely involvement of the president is minuscule, approximately at the same likelihood as a technological failure. The likelihood of a terrorist act by Ukraine or the West is even less likely. Here we can talk about the "cleansing of key witnesses", about which there was not a sound uttered in the media. It is also possible, but unlikely, the personal revenge on the part of high-ranking military officers. I cannot say that I am upset, because Prigozhin was not only my enemy personally, but also, by and large, the enemy of Russia. And he was still very dangerous. At the same time, what happened cannot cause any positive reaction in me, as it is yet more evidence of the further deepening of unrest in Russia. Prigozhin should have been tried, not eliminated, now he will not be able to testify. The 90s are returning, and this is very dangerous and bad development.

Now, the usual cheerleaders are essentially saying that a) the Kremlin had nothing to do with it and b) Prigozhin deserved it and c) this makes Putin look stronger.

This is some classic doubleplus goodspeak at work here.

But even if we accept the contradictory premise that the Kremlin had nothing to do with it and that whatever didn’t happen demonstrated the Kremlin’s strength, we can argue about the conclusion because it also doesn’t make any sense.

Clearly, the Kremlin (who didn’t do it) doesn’t look any stronger having assassinated the entirety of Wagner like that (allegedly, I disavow). This is simply not something that a strong government does. Even on an intuitive level, everyone understands how bad this looks. I’ll give you an example: normies’ reaction to the Red Wedding scene in Game of Thrones.

The plot leading up to the massacre of the Stark family was that their rival family, the Lannisters, were losing every single battle up to that point to the Stark army. The Lannisters then bribe one of the Starks’ allies, the Frey family, to lure the Starks into a trap with a wedding invitation. The Starks had broken the trust of the Freys by refusing to marry their girl, but they were led to believe that the ax was buried and showed up unarmed to the wedding, in good faith. Frey, motivated by money and revenge, massacred the entire Stark family.

The reaction on the internet was immediate and clear: everyone started cheering for the Lannisters and the Freys because of how cleverly they defeated the Starks. See for yourself:

Losing a battle/getting caught in a mutiny and then murdering your enemy’s family/blowing up a plane is a crowd-pleasing move. People instinctively side with and support the side that engages in such behavior. They also recognize that it shows confidence and strength on the part of the conspirators. Sure, the Lannisters could have, you know, actually defeated the Wagner Starks in the battle for Moscow Riverrun if they wanted to. But, to show how strong they were, the Lannisters pretended to make peace and then to kill them all when their guard was down.

That’s how you prove how strong your government and military is. This is just basic Statecraft 101, folks!

The Kremlin (who didn’t do it) had 30 years to set up a system of rule and law with which to go after their political opponents like most competent government do. By doing whatever it is that they might or might not have done (which they didn’t do), they showed how weak the entire system built up around them is, really. In contrast, look at what the Deep State in America does.

Donald Trump just got arrested and his mugshot was released:

Sure, this arrest is politically motivated and we all know it, but it is also proof of how a strong system that is sure of itself and stable and capable of dealing with threats behaves. If Dark Brandon decided to shoot down Trump’s jet, would you be saying that Biden has demonstrated how strong his government is? Why would he need to do this when he can just use the cops and the courts against his political opponents like any civilized person would do?

Of course, if Trump was actually alpha and actually had his own private army that was capable of marching on DC, well, then the FBI would probably try to blow his private jet up, wouldn’t you agree? Why? Well, because then he’d actually be a threat, right?

Right???

Whatever, if you don’t get it at this point, you’re not going to get it going forward. Enjoy being a cognitive peasant. We will always need someone to work in the uranium mines, I guess.

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Finally, Dugin had something interesting to say (for once):

I think that no one in power is commenting on Prigozhin's death, simply because they don't know what to say. The whole Wagner story is non-linear and has been so from the very beginning. Prigozhin was constantly breaking the boundaries of the system, doing what seemed impossible. And he did it. And this, in turn, became the norm, it expanded horizons, it shook up all constructions.

Now there is deathly silence. If, from now on it will be impossible to do anything that was just possible, then nothing can be said.

Here the elite is waiting for a sign. And this sign may not appear.

And this will only make the situation even more non-linear.

In this ringing silence of the usually so talkative elite masses, one can even believe for a second that a thought is being born within our society. It ripens silently.

Translation: all bets are off now. The elite knows that if Prigozhin can be killed like that, they can be killed like that next. What will they do next? The stakes of the game just got raised.

This is the correct take, by the way.

Both he and Strelkov and anyone with half a working brain understand that this was not a move made from a position on strength and that the radio silence we are hearing now is simply the deep breath before the plunge.

UPDATE: Putin said, “as relates to the air catastrophe … “ in the beginning of his statement, which wasn’t initially reported. So, this means they’re going with the narrative that an accidental thing happened on the 2 month date of the mutiny and wiped out the entire Wagner command at once. He also added at the end that there would be an investigation. My analysis stands.