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The big news of the weekend was, of course, the casual-flash coup attempt against Russian

President Vladimir Putin by his very own former friend.

And head of the Wagner Group mercenary army, Yvgeni Pregozion.

Pregozion rose from being a petty criminal who served nine years in prison, to owning a hot

dog stand that he parlied into a massive catering business that was contracted by the Kremlin,

earning him the nickname Putin's chef.

Putin's chef then went on to start a bot farm, naturally, which the United States DOJ sanctioned

for interference in the 2016 election.

Before becoming commander of the paramilitary army, the Wagner Group, which helped fight

alongside the Russian military in Ukraine, that is until Pregozion started publicly criticizing

Putin and the war effort, while also cultivating loyalty to himself rather than to the Kremlin.

Then on Saturday, Wagner Group forced his march 120 miles towards Moscow, at the direction

of Pregozion, with the apparent intent to overthrow Putin.

However, by the end of the day, he abruptly agreed to pull back the army and said that

he would retreat to Belarus, effectively an exile.

The truth was reportedly brokered by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, ostensibly

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