FauxPseudo@vlemmy.net to World News@beehaw.org · 2 years agoReports of coup attempt in Russia.vlemmy.netimagemessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1232arrow-down12
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minus-squareFearofthefamiliar@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-22 years agoDoes the Russian upper class have access to sufficient military power to oppose the Wagner group?
minus-squareGuyDudemanlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 years agoProbably not. But Wagner group doesn’t have the manpower to subjugate the entirety of Russia either.
minus-squareFauxPseudo@vlemmy.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 years agoRussia doesn’t have the manpower to subjugate the entirety of Russia either.
minus-squareLadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 years agoThey don’t really have to. They just need to appeal to the people who already want Putin gone. Whether they coup or not the country is screwed. The damage done by 2 decades of dictatorship.
minus-squareATGM 🚀@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 years agoThe Russian national guard is supposed to be fairly large, and you would think that the air force can operate inside the borders of Russia (for now). Do I think they can march on Moscow? No. But I’m also not convinced that this can be outright stopped without compromising the war.
Does the Russian upper class have access to sufficient military power to oppose the Wagner group?
Probably not. But Wagner group doesn’t have the manpower to subjugate the entirety of Russia either.
Russia doesn’t have the manpower to subjugate the entirety of Russia either.
They don’t really have to. They just need to appeal to the people who already want Putin gone. Whether they coup or not the country is screwed. The damage done by 2 decades of dictatorship.
The Russian national guard is supposed to be fairly large, and you would think that the air force can operate inside the borders of Russia (for now).
Do I think they can march on Moscow? No. But I’m also not convinced that this can be outright stopped without compromising the war.