An expected surprise? No such thing.

I’m driving a school bus. (just kidding)

Nobody’s talking about mandatory minimum sentencing. I do agree with you BTW.

What makes you think that? I thought prison was a breeding ground for Nazis.

Who knows what Putin told them to get them to visit him? “All is forgiven & I want you to run the ministry of defense”.

The Kremlin has been paying for Wagner from the beginning. Wagner has always belonged to Putin. It’s mercenary status has just been a mechanism of plausible deniability.