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Russian agents’ threat to family made Prigozhin call off Moscow advance

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I think the opposite is the case. The coup attempt has exposed Putin's weaknesses. Helicopter pilots have died, sacrificing their lives for domestic defense, and the bereaved are told that whoever is responsible will not get any punishment. The Russians like war, but please not in their own country - and only if they win. This coup attempt will hopefully weaken Putin enough that the Russians will question the whole war. After all, masses of men are dying there. People have now seen that Putin didn't have much to counter an attack with tanks domestically, except excavators tearing up roads. If the negotiation had failed, what would have happened? Hopefully, people will soon begin to ask themselves whether the army would not be better off returning to protect its own country.