# Russian Generals Accuse Mercenary Prigozhin of Trying to Mount a Coup (06-23-23, Breaking News)

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**Created:** [June 24, 2023, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-generals-accuse-mercenary-prigozhin-of-trying-to-mount-a-coup-06-23-23-breaking-news/986017 "2023-06-24T00:29:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-generals-accuse-mercenary-prigozhin-of-trying-to-mount-a-coup-06-23-23-breaking-news/986017/1 "2023-06-24T00:29:25Z")

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Yikes. This is a bad development.

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> **[Russia-Ukraine War: Russian Generals Accuse Mercenary Leader of Trying to...](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/23/world/russia-ukraine-news?unlocked_article_code=wbNXmA9-8y6P6nmWSgAkoAqWAh6qfls68xd-9oV5O1VWpWmmbwQX7VVEuwDcBVC7BdAglITFb5t-w19lJOTf1FDI-LPVdOSVzjX3BmosjbyKUZTTdIhqMfNjIl-R9ANgL4ktacFj_nFKUB7y0h4MU50yUmM_QHQ2P1sIuEAui-IrEoK29ib8DVsqm_R42loO3PFGenxPyz8RpJ12gwrzafR7Qhouqf339nx3IWM2DHkA5Sgo26CmGs3qUrC67r0qeYZGTaEGADhd245x3h0nuQZLNQ6U040K3tQWSGQuNSaI-yvkO4oaXYlorAjQxzNee0JbpODs5-91mLSmXyFkFSaKp6zo&smid=url-share)**
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> Russia sent armored vehicles into the streets of Moscow and a city near Ukraine. Russia’s main security agency urged Wagner mercenaries to detain their leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, after he accused Russian forces of attacking them.

From the article:

> Russia sent armored vehicles into the streets of Moscow and a city near Ukraine. Russia’s main security agency urged Wagner mercenaries to detain their leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, after he accused Russian forces of attacking them.

Hard to say how this will affect the war in Ukraine, but Prigozhin is a very dangerous character. This instability in the region with nuclear weapons in the mix is quite scary to me.

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**Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-generals-accuse-mercenary-prigozhin-of-trying-to-mount-a-coup-06-23-23-breaking-news/986017/2 "2023-06-24T00:35:22Z")

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**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-generals-accuse-mercenary-prigozhin-of-trying-to-mount-a-coup-06-23-23-breaking-news/986017/3 "2023-06-24T00:35:52Z")

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New thread already started in IMHO, so I’m closing this one.