Reports from Russia sounds like Wagner paramilitary group was/is planning to initiate a coup against Putin.

The reports come from both the head of the Wagner group as well as the head of the RF military command.

Putin has quickly retuned to Moscow to coordinate the efforts to stop and destroy any signs of mutiny among Russian regular army.

Russian Ministry of Defense: All messages and video frames distributed on social networks on behalf of Yevgeny Prigozhin about the alleged “strike by the RF Ministry of Defense on the rear camps of PMC Wagner” do not correspond to reality and are an informational provocation.

The armed forces of the Russian Federation continue to carry out combat missions on the line of contact with the armed forces of Ukraine in the area of the special military operation.
Also:
The FSB of Russia opened a criminal case on the fact of calling for an armed rebellion after the statements of Yevgeny Prigozhin. This was stated in the National Anti-Terrorism Committee.

The NAC added that the allegations spread on behalf of Prigozhin have no basis.

And

Baza: In a number of police departments of the Rostov region, the Fortress plan has been announced. Employees are on alert. Whether anxiety is educational and what its causes are being investigated.

The "Fortress" plan implies an emergency gathering of personnel and taking control of especially important objects of law enforcement agencies. The plan also provides for readiness to repel an external attack.

Statement by the Commander of the RDK on the ongoing events in the military leadership of the Russian Federation.

"Yevgeny Prigozhin over the past year of the war has turned from "Putin's gloomy cook" into an independent political figure. The war became an incredible springboard for the owner of the Concord Corporation: he became the main source of news and even shows. Vivid emotional speeches, skirmishes, and sometimes real accusations against the top military leadership of the country were remembered by everyone. More recently, Prigozhin even made something like a pre-election tour. I think, although we stand on opposite sides of the barricades and have a different point of view on the future of the Russian Federation, I can quite call him a patriot of Russia, without sarcasm or irony.
The tension in the highest echelons of power in the Russian Federation grew, sanctions and failures at the front intensified the processes of “rotting and decay”.
And here we have: an ambitious, angry, popular among the people and the military environment, a patriot who owns his own private army; a population demoralized by a protracted bloody war and an indistinct political power. Getting ready!"

Prigozhin:

"This is no military coup. This is a march for Justice. Our actions do not interfere with the army in any way".
#Russia #Putin #Wagner #MilitaryCoup

Girkin:

"In Rostov, all the security forces have been put on high alert, but so far everything is quiet. Let's hope that Prigozhin announced a coup, but Wagner themselves do not intend to participate in it."

Prigozhin:

"The majority of the military are warmly supporting us. We get messages: “Finally, the jusice in the army will come! Finally, you will ensure we will get the ammo and won’t be thrown as meat!”

Just now, the information came through: in Rostov morgue, the Minister of Defence ordered to hide 2000 bodies, which are held there to avoid showcasing the losses.”

Girkin:

"I can object to the statements that “coups are not made this way”: this is exactly how the fascist coup was done in Italy in 1922. Benito Mussolini led first thousands, and then tens of thousands of "black shirts" to Rome. No one resisted, the putschists were welcomed by the population. And the king gave him real power...
http://www.politicwar.ru/politika/239924.html
Will Prigogine succeed in something similar? - I highly doubt it. The Duce was neither a criminal nor a maniac. He was a REAL (not fake) war hero and he was young. "The best in hell" did not strive to be .... And in general he was much smarter. But the crisis has just begun. Let's look at the situation. "Where it's thin, it breaks there." And we have been "subtly" for a very long time ... Any even the slightest "political shaking" is now very dangerous for us."

The Rostov police announced the Fortress plan, the personnel were notified of the need to be in full readiness, interlocutors in law enforcement confirm 161.ru.

“There is an order to put the entire staff of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Russian Guard on alert and strengthen posts on the border with the LPR and DPR. But there is no boil. It’s just that the train was raised and called,” one of the interlocutors noted.

The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Rostov Region has not yet commented on this information, promising to respond later.

Russia's FSB: Prigozhin's statements and actions are in fact calls for the start of an armed civil conflict on Russian territory and are a "stab in the back" to Russian servicemen fighting pro-fascist Ukrainian forces.

PS. All text auto translated from Russian/Farhad