Russia “coup” running thread - Доверяй, но проверяй

[goalmouth]

Well, so much for the submersible story.

 

[Woody Long]

Moscow mayor telling people to stay inside.

fork me, I'm headed as far north of this shirtshow as possible.

Now would be a good time to buy a train ticket to Vladivostok and see the Trans-Siberian Railway.

 

[goalmouth]

Fat Orange Hitler's plane now has an Uber sign in the window.

 

[Liut]

Maybe this will help CNN's ratings.

 

[HanSenSE]

Moscow mayor telling people to stay inside.

fork me, I'm headed as far north of this shirtshow as possible.

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

Maybe this will help CNN's ratings.

putin should have done that town hall

 

[Liut]

putin should have done that town hall

Licht wasn't given enough time.

 

[Neutral Corner]

 

[Neutral Corner]

 

[Azrael]

Vince McMahon would be proud.

 

[Regan MacNeil]

Where are these camps to which Wagner is heading?

 

[dixiehack]

Financial Times going with it too.

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So where exactly does this leave Putin if true? Yay, there's not going to be insurrection in the capital, but the fighting force you just stared down and apparently exposed as a paper tiger is also the one you were counting on to do the dirty work back at the shooting war. That seems suboptimal.