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MEGATHREAD: whatever the hell is going on in Russia right now (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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please post any subsequent updates here unless they're huge happenings. i just woke up and half our news front page is updates which is nice but also A Lot and most of these don't have to be their own thread

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Just had a thought, what if Putin has taken Prigozhin's family hostage and pretending to take the deal is just a play for time while they rescue them? It would be a great movie plot.

What if the Ukrainians paid Wagner to do this to cause a distraction? That would be pretty crazy too!