Early on June 24, Vladimir Putin addressed Russia about the unfolding rebellion of the Wagner private military company, saying that Yevgeny Prigozhin’s rebellion is “pushing the country toward anar...

Statements by Movement of Irkutsk Anarchists and Combat Organization of Anarcho-Communists, translated by CrimethInc.

In the current situation around the Wagner mutiny, there is no side we can choose but ourselves.

We do not flatter ourselves: the onset of this moment could take some time. From the February revolution (during which the generals participated in removing the Tsar) to the October revolution, nine months passed. From the Kornilov rebellion to October, two months.

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neither the Putin regime nor Prigozhinsky are our friends. In this fight between two cannibals, anarchists should stay away—let them bleed each other as much as possible.

  • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Putin is not a committed anticommunist, if they were strictly attacking the Wagnerites I think he would treat them as any other militia in that position. I frankly don't know how militias in general would be treated though. Could it merely be disbanded? Would it be pressed into service in Ukraine? I don't know, but I don't think members would simply be killed or imprisoned if they had already made it clear that they weren't going to turn their guns on the Federation, whatever rightful grievances they have with it. It simply wouldn't be pragmatic.

    It is better for Russia to win in Ukraine though, so it's ideologically consistent to say that conscription is not optimal but also not intolerable as an option since it would be in opposition to NATO through their proxy state.

    • captcha [any]
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      1 year ago

      I would've expected him to try press them into replacing Wagner. I also wouldn't be so blaise about feeding many of Russia's militant communists into a meat grinder.

      Its all moot now though. Come to think of it. The idea that any sort of militia could rapidly materialize out of nothing to meanfully fight a professional fighting force like Wagner seems ridiculous.