Coup is the right word. They might not have wanted to depose Putin himself, but sure as hell seemed to want to take over the government. Putin would then have been a ceremonial figurehead, one accident away from being out of the picture completely.
The entire play looked like an “evil chancellors” gambit. The king is painted as good and pure (because they’re popular) but the advisors are the ones who are pained as being at fault, so the usurpers come in to replace the advisors, and then speak for the king as well.
The coup seemed to fail for two reasons,
A, the Wagner group expected some support from the regular military that never materialized, because they’re fucking mercenaries and no one in uniform actually likes mercs.
B, Putin had people threaten the families of the Wagner leaders.
Coup is the right word. They might not have wanted to depose Putin himself, but sure as hell seemed to want to take over the government. Putin would then have been a ceremonial figurehead, one accident away from being out of the picture completely.
The entire play looked like an “evil chancellors” gambit. The king is painted as good and pure (because they’re popular) but the advisors are the ones who are pained as being at fault, so the usurpers come in to replace the advisors, and then speak for the king as well.
The coup seemed to fail for two reasons,
A, the Wagner group expected some support from the regular military that never materialized, because they’re fucking mercenaries and no one in uniform actually likes mercs.
B, Putin had people threaten the families of the Wagner leaders.
I don’t know but I will go with this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP8VPkWXOfU (Wagner’s Mutiny - what it means for Putin’s Russia (and Coups 101) Perun)