I have been thinking about the same things. I have been seeing multiple reports from Belarus, and the different Russian liberation movements, saying that “now” is the time. Using the chaos to their advantage. Prigozhin didn’t mention Putin directly in most of his newest messaging, I have a feeling that was deliberate. With that level of deliberation, it is hard to believe the whole thing was not planned. They can blame the security failures on the predecessor, and Putin can pretend that he was unaware of how terrible “the last guy” was. P.S. Calling him Pringles made my day.