The Day After Wagner

We all went to sleep with a sense of anticipation. What would Wagner do? It’s not like we were all sure what would they do. One thing I guessed, and seems partially correct, is that the FSB would be visiting every Wagner member, past and present, because of their announced plans.

We know those plans were partially underway from some evidence on the ground. These range from Belarus taking some measures on the internet to the warnings of some fighters. So this morning General SVR had an interesting take. Mind you, like every post from SVR, it’s helpful to use some salt. However, they were light on Vladimir Putin is at death's door, and more into what may be happening. So, as usual, they have some use.

For some context, Nikolai Patrushev is a classmate of Vladimir Putin at the KGB Academy in St. Petersburg. His son Dmitry is the secretary of agriculture, and part of the St Petersburg Nomenklatura. So, given that context, here is the post from SVR:

Dear subscribers and guests of the channel! In an interesting way, the preparatory stage for the once long-awaited transit begins. The destruction by the Russian air defense system, over the territory of Russia, of the aircraft in which Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin were, puts a bullet in the Prigozhin rebellion and in the existence of the Wagner PMC. Under the leadership of the Secretary of the Security…