• ObligatoryOption@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It could not have been Putin who did the negotiating because that would have placed him on the same level as Prigozhin, and he has to be above.

  • Veraxus@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Does anyone else feel like this is some kind of Putin-led theater to redirect blame for Ukraine on his own military leadership instead of himself?

    “Oh look, it was the military leaders all along… they were colluding with the west to weaken Russia! What a patriot Prigozhin is for uncovering this horrible western conspiracy!”

  • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    What channel was the audio recording? We need to get deepfake specialists on this right away, the audio only is suspicious, and Russia has every reason to try and stop popular support

    • Gerryflap@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yeah imo it definitely sounds a bit sus as well. It sounds weirdly clean compared to his other communication, has no video (unlike most other communication that I’ve seen), and although I don’t speak Russian the pauses in his speech and the way he’s speaking in the recording in general feel off. It could totally be real, but it does feel very convenient that he just stops like this with help from Lukashenko of all people. We’ll see soon enough though.