Fact-check: Moscow internet outages spark coup rumors — experts say it's 'wishful thinking'

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It’s something interesting tho.

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*That one though*.

Man, that was a day. I was refreshing the ISW page every minute. And I figure that proves it could happen, as with a slightly different dice roll Prigozhin could’ve made it to Moscow with an army.

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Ah, it is nice to think back to a simpler unprecedented time.

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I’m still somewhat convinced Progozhin’s plan was to get hold of a live nuke from a depot along the way to Moscow via “politely” asking Schoigu for the authorization codes, who was supposed to visit Rostov-on-Don alongside Gerassimow when it all kicked off. Apparently, someone tipped them off.

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That would’ve been interesting.

Gah, what if he had made it to Moscow with an army and possibly that? What then? It’s wild how close he got.

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Those that don’t want you thinking it was a coup, deny that it was a coup.

Well fellas, it’s clearly not a coup.

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“This is pure BS. If Russian elites wanted (Russian President Vladimir) Putin out, it would have happened in 2022,” Anton Barbashin, co-founder and editorial director at Riddle Russia, told the Kyiv Independent.

Why? Is the Russian elite incapable of changing its mind?

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