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Russian agents’ threat to family made Prigozhin call off Moscow advance (news.yahoo.com)
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Russian intelligence services threatened to harm the families of Wagner leaders before Yevgeny Prigozhin called off his advance on Moscow, according to UK security sources.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I can't remember where I read that Prigozhin has a history of using histrionics to get his way. Based on what happened, I have no problem believing that he was just bluffing for a better deal from Moscow, and I think he probably got it.