Many on the local level could not believe the Wagner rebellion could be happening without some degree of agreement with the Kremlin, the security officials said
The other side of ruling with an iron fist and micromanaging people. If you stop doing that, these people then just think this is all part of what is supposed happen and are unable to act on their own without explicit orders.
Word is they were also drunk off their asses, which probably correlates with 0 ideological buy-in.
I think there were a lot of players up and down the ranks waiting to see which way the wind blew before casting for any given side.
With so many concerns that the coup had backing from either Putin or other power blocs, a whole lot of side players would have wanted to back a winning pony and were waiting on early outcomes. Equally, with Putin not providing decisive action, I'm sure that invited meaningful concerns that this was some sort of double-dealing or the beginning of a Putin-backed purge.
Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
True.
Nobody would rebel against a nicer guy.
Putin's aid: "Sir, the people... They are rebelling against you!"
Putin: "What? Why did they not just roll over and die like I thought they would? This is fucking up my plans! 😩"
How very Stalin-esque
He also died of cancer four times now.
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