It is rare to watch a geopolitical checkmate in 24 hours in one's life time but the Wagner PMC drama enacted by Vladmir Putin had the G7 nations and many in the West hoping for a mutiny and hopefully take over Moscow while Putin beat them at their own game fooling multiple intelligence agencies. It was really interesting to watch.
While most heads of states kept quiet, as they were not sure as to what was going on, it was sad to see Zelensky cheer Yevgeny Prigozhin on, forgetting Prigozhin was the one who had been attacking the Ukrainians and not the Russian army. In one fell swoop, Putin managed to see who where the traitors and also control the dissidents.
From the beginning, it looked staged. Putin was a spy after all before he became President, something not any world leader can claim to be in the world today. So it was sad to see so many fall for the trap and get carried away. It is clear Zelensky is being used by NATO to play its own game and his rank is that of a pawn. You would think Ukraine would have realised it by now but it appears they haven't.
The longer they drag it out, the longer Putin will be seen as a super villain and more Ukrainians will die. Does Putin have a checkmate in mind ? The Europeans are getting restless and tired of the US and Biden. Infighting in NATO and lack of oil and gas for the coming winter and the US bombing of Nord Stream will come back to haunt them. Will the world alignment change in 2024? Are the riots in France an indication of the fall of NATO? Only time will tell.
