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prigozhin probably needed someone high up in the regime to side with him for a successful coup. he doesn't have nearly enough soldiers to hold moscow or any large city without significant elements of the government siding with him. he probably didn't get the assurances he needed so had to cut some kind of deal. obviously putin couldn't let a mercenary group run wild for days and potentially take key points in moscow even if they couldn't hold them. putin was forced to give prigozhin some of what he wanted probably with the hopes of assassinating him later. prigozhin will probably keep his wagner loyalists close and try to establish a base of power wherever he goes, presumably belarus at the moment. he also has an established power base on the african continent.