I think Prigozhin is aiming for a position where he will need the support of a lot of people in order to get what he wants, even if succeeds with his objective. He is rallying support outside of Wagner, in order to gain legitimacy or acceptance for his end goal, whatever that may be.

[–] DreamerOfImprobableDreams@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He's also the dude who runs all the Russian troll farms. Information warfare is kind of his thing.

[–] darkmugglet@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most underrated comment. Prigozhin is a straight up evil mother fucker: from being a war criminal and running the troll farm that helped get Trump elected, he's no dummy. I am torn about cheering for him. If he takes the Presidency of Russia, the situation may not be any better.

[–] c0c0c0@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Well, he would not be burdened with Putin's legacy in Ukraine and could easily walk away from it as a bad investment. He's certainly not a better man, but Putin is not able to end this war without losing power (and his life). Prigizhin can.

[–] CoderKat@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I think the more support you have, the more likely others will support you. So you want everyone to know about your supporters. I'm sure there's a number of people who've wanted to overthrow Putin for a looooong time and were just waiting for something that actually stood a chance of success.