As far as I’m aware. Prigozhins main problem was the Ministry of Defense. Namely it’s current leadership he claimed was waisting the lives of his men. And Russian Military lives in general. With no explicit mentions of Putin. My best guess.
Putin and or other high ranking Russian Government officials decided the MOD needed a leadership change. And the complex and somewhat cutthroat nature of internal Russian Government Politics. Limited the options they had that wouldn’t cause them problems later.
So they fabricated a reason. And depending where the 6 Billion ended up. potentially made the CIA look like idiots. Again. And gave the Wagner boys a nice bonus
As far as I’m aware. Prigozhins main problem was the Ministry of Defense. Namely it’s current leadership he claimed was waisting the lives of his men. And Russian Military lives in general. With no explicit mentions of Putin. My best guess.
Putin and or other high ranking Russian Government officials decided the MOD needed a leadership change. And the complex and somewhat cutthroat nature of internal Russian Government Politics. Limited the options they had that wouldn’t cause them problems later.
So they fabricated a reason. And depending where the 6 Billion ended up. potentially made the CIA look like idiots. Again. And gave the Wagner boys a nice bonus