A coup in Russia? What do we know for sure? [Article updated]

A coup in Russia? What do we know for sure? We inform against further untested information and speculation. At the moment, we see more rumors in the information space than reliable reports. Since last night, interior safety Russia destabilizes armed opposition Wagner Groups, a private Russian military company, against the government in Moscow.

In particular, the interior conflict between Evgeny Prigożyn, the head of Wagner Group, and the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation in Sergey Shojg and Waler Gerasimov led to this situation. The Primogyn accuses the Ministry of making incorrect decisions and ineptness, deliberately bleeding out his troops, sabotaging the combat capabilities of vasners, and recently, direct attacks on their troops.

In fact, the conflict is even more complex and involves Russian elites and peculiar services, primarily FSB and GRU.

Most of the information that appears on the net is not confirmed, especially those about the ongoing struggles that are in fact few. The only information we have is:

1. Yesterday, Prigozhyn announced that the Shojgu and Gerasimov had to be punished, and Wagner's Group acted against the Department of Defence troops. By morning, Wagnerovs managed to occupy Rostov over Don and its seat of command of the confederate Military territory of the FR Armed Forces.
2. Currently, there is no evidence of intense fighting between vasners and troops of the regular FR Army, reports of gunned down helicopters and destroyed armored vehicles appear, but no details are available.
3. A state of emergency has been declared in Moscow and Rostov over Don. The M4 motorway leading from Rostov via Voronezh to Moscow is presently closed on at least a fewer episodes, it is impossible to find which Vainners control and which units loyal to the Ministry of Defence.
4. Pro-government media and the FSB have described the Prigoshyn as a traitor and rebel, and the Ministry of Defence has issued a call calling for vasners to abandon the Prigoshin.
5. Vladimir Putin in his message described the actions of Prigozhina as a “cook in the back” and announced “to eliminate” all rebels and traitors and to shortly reconstruct order. The West was blamed for the hard home situation of the country. According to Putin, Russian loyalist troops are ready and defy heroic Wagnerovers.