All that babbling I did about the Russia situation last night was a bit pointless, cos it turned out less like 1917 and more like 1991… and we know how that ended too, but this time there isn’t a Soviet Union to disintegrate, it’s long since been reduced to its constituent states…
Anyway, it appears Lukashenko has brokered some sort of deal whereby Prigozhin has called an end to his hissy fit and accepted exile in Belarus without facing any charges, and… that’s it? Not with a bang but a whimper indeed. I don’t even know what to say about it, the whole thing feels anticlimactic and weirdly pointless. I’d have thought there would at least be some sort of fight between the Wagner mob and the proper army. Baffling.
