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Russian agents’ threat to family made Prigozhin call off Moscow advance (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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[–] dystop 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's logical, but it means Prigozhin didn't do a good enough job.

Basically he needed to make sure enough officers at the highest levels are protected. Then when it gets down to, say, anyone below a captain, there would be too many relatives for Putin to round up effectively.

[–] lightsecond 2 points 1 year ago

Hard to strategise in the middle of a war :)