The fact that the CIA briefed the Gang of Eight in Congress on Prigozhin’s planned uprising two days prior means that the CIA had information from a human source.
This from survivethenews.com.
That source could have been a recruited CIA asset or it could have been someone recruited and controlled by a foreign intelligence organization. The point being: Someone close to Prigozhin was blabbing. Or maybe it was Prigozhin himself.
Noteworthy is the fact the Obiden Regime went to extraordinary lengths to insist they knew nothing about the coup and certainly did not encourage it or support it.
Oh no. Biden, Blinken and Nuland do not want Putin overthrown by force. Perish the thought.
However the leak was originally passed, it provides additional confirmation that Prigozhin was acting in concert with Western intelligence operatives.
Those in the know are saying the CIA tried to payoff the Wagner Group—$6.2 billion—to turn against Russia, as noted by a $6.2 billion accounting error discovered by the Pentagon last week.
Add to this the questionable report in the Wall Street Journal, in an article written by Bojan Pancevski, a European based correspondent, entitled: Wagner’s Prigozhin Planned to Capture Russian Military Leaders:
Western intelligence agencies also found out early about the plans by Prigozhin, Putin’s former confidant, by analyzing electronic communications intercepts and satellite imagery, according to a person familiar with the findings.
Western officials said they believe the original plot had a good chance of success but failed after the conspiracy was leaked, forcing Prigozhin to improvise an alternative plan.
What remains unknown is whether Prigozhin was genuinely cooperating with the West or pretending to spy for the West while actually being controlled by Russian authorities. Those close to this believe the latter. A $6.2 billion scam played on the CIA would bring about the kind of belly laugh Putin is known to enjoy.
Think about how this would look on the world stage if Prigozhin committed treason then Putin allowed him to go unscathed into exile in Belarus—the message sent would be that you can go after Putin and live. That is not being magnanimous, that is madness.
The Wall Street Journal article reads like the latest iteration of the West’s covert action to shape public opinion as well as perform damage control. No less is the coincidence that other Russian Generals are under a cloud of suspicion:
Made aware of the leak, Prigozhin was then forced to act sooner than planned on Friday and managed to capture the southern Russian city of Rostov, a key command point for the invasion of Ukraine. The ease with which Wagner’s troops took the city of one million that is home to a large military airport suggests that some regular forces commanders could have been part of the plot, according to Western intelligence.
Western officials said they believe Prigozhin had communicated his intentions to senior military officers, possibly including Gen. Sergei Surovikin, commander of the Russian aerospace force. It couldn’t be determined whether Surovikin passed this information on to the FSB, or how the agency found out about Prigozhin’s plans.
Does this mean Surovikin has been tossed under the suspicion bus? Why in the world would the CIA or MI6 want to cast doubts on Surovikin? That could weaken him and affect his ability to counter the Ukrainian offensive.
This Wall Street Journal article is misleading at best. Pancevski was likely fed false information and he built a story with it. We can well presume the joke is on the West, though, specifically the CIA—Putin and Wagner concluded by shaking hands and pocketing $6.2 billion.
NOTE: Further intrigue–supposedly Prigozhin exited stage left to Belarus to remain in exile under the care of President Aleksandr Lukashenko. However, as of yesterday, Prigozhin had not been seen for two days.
This reads like a game of ‘Hide the $6.2 Billion’.
