Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin 'should stay away from windows and not accept tea' from people outside his close circle because Vladimir Putin 'wants him dead', an expert has claimed.
In a wild day for Russian domestic affairs yesterday, Putin's days looked numbered as Prigozhin and his 'skinhead zombie troops' looked like taking Moscow and ousting the president.
However, after taking Rostov-on-Don, the feared brigade suddenly halted their advance on Moscow, with Prigozhin saying he wanted to avoid 'spilling Russian blood'.
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Even still, the rebel leader has severly undermind Putin's authority in the eyes of many experts, and his exile in Belarus does not mean he's safe, according to Emeritus Professor at the University of Buckingham Anthony Glees.
He told the Daily Star: "In my view, the three thugs, Putin, Prigozhin and Lukashenko [Belarusian President] are all waltzing with each other, each trying to test the strength of the other two.
"Putin would of course love Prigozhin dead. Prigozhin has humiliated him and cheated him with his attempted putsch and those who cross Putin end up dead.
"Whether poisoned by Polonium as Litvinenko or Novichok like Sergei Skripal (not killed, of course, but suffering from life-changing injury) or falling out of windows etc."
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Offering some advice to Mr Pigozhin, Professor Glees added: "It'd be tempting to say that Prigozhin in Belarus should stay away from windows, and not accept any invitations to tea.
"If Prigozhin has full freedom in Belarus, I think it is fair to assume that he will continue to go after Putin and continue to try to drive a wedge between Putin and the Russian armed forces."
But Putin finds himself in a Catch 22, Glees added, because he needs the might of the Wagner brigade.
"Putin still needs the Wagner Group to fight in Ukraine and would get into deep trouble from them if he were to kill Prigozhin," he explained.
In a previous chat, Glees forcast the 'disintegration' of Russia and regional warlords vying for control.
Sergei Markov, a former Kremlin spin-doctor and MP, wrote on Telegram that Russia 'is on the verge of a dire political crisis'.
It is now known yet but Pigozhin's antics could see positions change in government, with reports suggesting Sergei Shoigu, Putin's long-serving defence minister, may be replaced as an outcome of the Wagner uprising.
Shoigu was called out multiple times over the handling of Ukraine invasion by Prigozhin.
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