Aviva Fried / Photo credits: Lenin Nolly / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP
A troubling element appears during Wagner’s coup, Washington had planned their rebellion against the Russian army. This is the second time that American intelligence has been correct in its analyses. The first time was the announcement of the invasion of Ukraine.
The American intelligence services had already known for several weeks that Yevgeny Prigojine was preparing something against the Russian armed forces. The White House was of course informed of this urgently. What US intelligence did not know was the exact nature of what the Wagner group was up to. Apparently, anxiety was at its height in Washington, with fear of civil war and its consequences, as US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken recalled.
“We remain extremely vigilant”
“Whenever a big country like Russia shows signs of instability, it’s something to worry about. As far as their nuclear arsenal is concerned, there have been no changes on their part, but we remain extremely vigilant,” said Anthony Blinken.
The Americans expected it and yet the speed with which the action was carried out surprised them, just like that of the agreement reached between Vladimir Putin and Yevgeny Prigogine. Many in Washington thought it would end in bloodshed, and the military’s lack of resistance, along with the Russian president’s willingness to compromise, has Americans saying the rebellion exposed the flaws in the system. Cheese fries.