U.S. spies learned in mid-June Prigozhin was planning armed action in Russia © Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters
Washington Post: U.S. spies learned in mid-June Prigozhin was planning armed action in Russia
U.S. spy agencies picked up intelligence in mid-June indicating Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeniy Prigozhin was planning armed action against the Russian defense establishment — which he has long accused of bungling the war in Ukraine — and urgently informed the White House and other government agencies so they were not caught off guard, several U.S. officials said Saturday.
The exact nature and timing of Prigozhin’s plans were not clear until shortly before his stunning takeover of a military command and tank run toward Moscow on Friday and Saturday, officials said.
But “there were enough signals to be able to tell the leadership … that something was up,” said one U.S. official, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the matter’s sensitivity. “So I think they were ready for it.”
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WNU Editor: Concerns on Prigozhin have been voiced by many Russian and non-Russian bloggers for months. The Duran (link here) is one vlog that I follow, and they have been talking about Prigozhin since early this year.