WAGNER GROUP - Prigozhin and his ‘Secret’ Weapon
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Many of you are now familiar with the Wagner Group and its’ involvement in the Ukrainian as well as numerous conflicts in Africa. That involves its military branches, but there is another component within Wagner that may be equally influential. It is that second aspect of Wagner’s activities that Putin fears the most.
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Prigozhin operates a large PsyOp organization known as the St Petersburg Troll Factory. As is the case with its military branches, Putin chose to allow it to function independently of the Russian Gov’t to provide himself with a degree of deniability. Here is how it typically functions and why it has become so dangerous, even to Putin.
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Troll Factory tactics always follow the same strategy. During a startup period a new web identity will be established, and a large amount of effort will be put into building its credibility. During that initial period, it will avoid discussion of the topic or topics that are of most interest to it. Once it has built a large enough audience and acquired some credibility it will ease itself into the topics it is most interested in. The Rumble channel RT (Russian Television) News uses a similar strategy, however it is well known that it is 100% financed by the Russian Department of Defence, so it does not have the same stealth aspects to it. The Troll Factory operates hundreds of these PsyOp groups on Telegram, Rumble, and elsewhere. They put a large amount of effort into hiding the fact that they are based in Russia. Casual readers will typically assume that these web entities are American or based in Europe.
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These groups do have key characteristics that reveal their identities to the wary. Here’s the easiest way to spot one. Once they’ve come out in the open and started to comment on a topic such as the Ukraine War, they will invent some lie and repeat it over, and over again. Sound familiar ???
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A favourite theme is that Ukrainians are Nazis. Personally, I do not doubt that some portion of 1% of Ukrainians are Nazis, as that is also true of Canadians, Americans, Poles, etc, etc. By repeating their claims often enough, they shift the focus away from the 99% who are rather ordinary people.
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While many of the Troll accounts will repeat the Nazi claims ad nauseum, others will put a lot of effort into stoking antisemitism. They rarely stick with one strategy, so that particular combination of attacks is often the easiest way to recognize one of the St Petersburg Troll Factory groups.
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OK, now fast forward to June 2023 and Prigozhin’s march on Moscow. He did not have to take a large army with him. Bringing a relatively small group along was a clear signal to Putin that he had no intention of attacking the larger Russian Army. The threat that did exist, and still does exist, is the one created by his ‘Troll Factory’. The Russian Army cannot compete with NATO. From Day One Putin’s war strategy in Ukraine has always relied heavily on Propaganda. Putin’s only hope has ever been that the West might someday ‘give up’ on the Ukrainian cause.
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There is a building in St Petersburg that functions as a central repository for Prigozhin’s troll army, but it is not that important. Wagner’s troll army is as widely distributed as the Internet. It can and does attack from thousands of different locations. Yes, it could eventually be shutdown, but that would be too late. The damage would already be done.
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A video of Prigozhin pointing to the bodies of Wagner mercenaries killed in a bombing attack by Russian forces has been widely viewed on the Internet. Clearly someone in the Russian Ministry of Defence saw Wagner as a military threat, but they failed to recognize the larger danger. They seriously misjudged Prigozhin. He is first and foremost a Criminal, not a General. Attacking members of the Wagner group was a huge mistake by the Russian Ministry of Defence.
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Putin now faces the real possibility that the St Petersburg Troll Factory could turn against him. Prigozhin is safe as long as that possibility exists.
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WAGNER GROUP WIKI
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_Group
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They are missing the key point about the Wagner Group and Prigozhin.
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• The NATO nations standing against Putin have a combined GDP 25 times as large as Russia.
• Putin has known right from Day One that that Russia would quickly lose in an all-out battle with NATO.
• Putin’s only chance of victory has always been dependant on the West tiring of the war and cutting its support for Ukraine.
• Russia’s war in Ukraine is very much about PROPAGANDA.
• Prigozhin is still in control of the huge St Petersburg Troll Factory that is largely responsible for Russia’s propaganda successes.
• It is not Prigozhin’s military that Putin fears it is his Propaganda army.
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https://rumble.com/v2zmsss-wagner-group-prigozhin.html
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Putin now faces the real threat that the St Petersburg Troll Factory could turn against him. Prigozhin is relatively safe for as long as that possibility exists. Putin can only eliminate Prigozhin after he gains control of the Troll Army. Don’t be too surprised if you hear that Prigozhin has had an accident though. He will likely fall out of a window.
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Putin and Prigozhin
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Putin has never been in the military. Much like Prigozhin he started out as a petty criminal and found his way into the old Soviet KGB organization. The topic Putin has devoted his entire life to is PROPAGANDA. A great deal of what goes on in Russia is little more than SMOKE & MIRRORS.
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The Wiki at the following link provides an accurate assessment of the Wagner Group. Prigozhin is a far-right extremist and a full-fledged Nazi. They may be direct competitors, but at least they understand one another. Make no mistake about this. A Russia led by Prigozhin would be far worse than one where Putin is still in charge.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_Group
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