The Wagner coup – what next? | View from 22

A so-called “24-hour coup” by Russia’s mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin ended in his sudden pullback from Moscow, and following negotiations, he was exiled to Belarus. What could happen next? And what does this mean for Ukraine's war effort? Cindy Yu, The Spectator's assistant editor speaks to staff writer Svitlana Morenets and Mark Galeotti, honorary professor at the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies and the author of over 25 books on Russia.

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[simonconlaund]

Keep on guessing! Do any of you play chess? I hear the Russians are pretty good at Chess.

[JoTracy]

It was NOTHING like the Bolshevik Revolution!!!

[ashleywilson]

I'm relieved Putin wasn't toppled. The next in line will be even worse.

[adamsmith-wiqg]

Very much hoped this channel would explain things 😔 I have no idea what the deuce is going on.

[nicholasyoung]

The Russian military are frustrated with the lack of movement in this war. A full-out attack would bring the end on sooner, but would be horribly destructive.

[rogerflack]

"We are all waiting to see what happens next". It takes an expert to tell us that.

[StripedLime]

Ukraine 🇺🇦 is still *"Prepairing"* 😂😂😂

The guy has a lots of small books... 😅

Check him for... xxx

[irinademina]

How is it possible that an “objective” media has a Ukrainian journalist and no Russian journalist to counterbalance? Do you think propaganda exists only in Russia and not in Ukraine (or God forbid in the UK)? On the other hand, this teenager with her “the counteroffensive has not yet begun, it is in the preparatory stage” is quite harmless

[Denis-rkjs]

The so called Ukranian journalist that the Spec calls on doesn't live up to the levels of insight I've grown accustom to expect from this magazine

[johnmoorefilm]

Check audio levels gang! Send a 1K slate down that line pronto!❤Too low

[reasonablespeculation]

Prigozhin moves the Wagner Group power center to Belarus.
Belarus becomes a linchpin in Vlad's power move in Eastern Europe.
Just moving the chess pieces into position

[edwodehouse]

Prigozhin could do a Heart of darkness, in CAR.

[jasonpowell]

It's a great irony, that Prigozhin did to to Russia, what Putin did to Ukraine. And the outcome could have been the same (negotiations, peace, happiness, forget it). But the UK and US got involved, and people started talking Churchill, Hitler, and international law, and other heroic delusions. And then the world ended.

[FindTheTRUTH]

Honestly, if all videos from this channel are going to be in this vein, this channel should be renamed “The Speculator.”

[billbadson]

"exiled" to belarus? Or just sent there?

[theartfuldodger]

Obvious fact missing from the discussion: Wagner was essentially disbanded. Its troops were ordered to sign contracts under the control of the MoD. This is essentially disbanding the Wagner group. Clearly Prig knew his time in the sun was over.

[JosephStealin]

Are there still Labour camps in Russia? I think he’s thinking of the Soviet Union or China

[soozikins]

You guys haven't a scooby, so stop speculating, we had enough experts/scientists over the last 3 years to last us a lifetime.

[simonsmatthew]

Watching the media report on what is happening became tedious long ago. Remember all the certainty about Russia bombing its own pipeline and a dam that provides water to Crimea even the securing of its strategic base in the latter is probably what this whole conflict is about? People were wondering why the Wagner soidiers were not fired on in marching to Rostov-on-Don. Well because they are Russian, can you imagine either fellow Russian soldiers firing on them, and if they did what would the Russian people think of Putin if they found out that Russian soldiers were firing on Russian soldiers? And the celebrations in Rostov-on-Don and the cheering of Wagner soldiers? People hold those fighters in esteem because in their eyes they have done something to help their fellow Russians who in the nearby separatist areas have been subjected to a humiliating rule by the Ukrainian Nationalists who are hated. And the sight of the Azov's SS inspired logos makes them sick. Insrtead of just saying "Zalenski says", please try and find out exactly what is going on. Talk to some Russian, Russian experts. And I would have thought that journalists would have studied some basic Critical Theory and learned how to properly question in the first year of their undergraduate courses.

[realRainz]

Wagner might as well topple Lukashenko, for Putin, to patch things up.