https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/06/great-wagner-pmc-debate-what-happened-business-intrigue/
Suddenly, Wagner is the talk of the town. The dramatic and enigmatic events of June 23rd and 24th in Russia have taken the world’s imagination by assault.
Automatic ‘experts’ spring from every corner of the internet, and they all have very specific theories that they feel are the only ones acceptable – and all others are crap, they are sure to let you know.
Whether one wanted or not, many dozens of theories, insights and hot takes were circulated from all kinds of people, from very well-informed analysts, to shills, well-meaning normies and the most adventurous conspiracy lovers.
After surviving the deluge, it’s possible to notice that, among the working theories, there are three different ways to explain the ‘coup attempt’, the reason why Prigozhin led his troops to enter Russian territory, proceed to a siege of Rostov-on-Don, and send a small fast detachment to advance on Moscow, before turning his forces around and heading into exile in Belarus.
Roughly speaking, in the opinions splashed on the internet, the developments can be explained by a) a mega business dispute and personal grievance between Wagner’s CEO and Russian MOD Generals Shoigu and Gerasimov. b) a ‘coup’ to dethrone Putin backed by the Western Intel Agencies. c) a psyop, a ‘master play’ by Putin – because the Wagner troops that were 200km of Moscow now are at 100km of Kiev.
Before I discuss each one of these theories, I have to say that they are not mutually exclusive, crazy as it may sound. It’s plausible a reality where more than one of these factors are at play.
The first ‘school of thought’ in this case is what I call the Occam’s razor theory, ‘where the simplest explanation is usually the right one’. This is the theory that I spouse right now, with a moderate degree of certainty.