According to the Duran, Not a coup, but an act of treason. How this squares with Putin's own comments acknowledging that Prigozhin was calling for a coup is anyone's guess, not to mention that the Duran flip flops in this stream as to whether it really ws a coup attempt or not. Their take is that the West is spinning it beyond what it is. However, they acknowledge and elaborate on the very real damage this will do to Russia's relationships with it's friends, both new and old. The fact that the British media for several months had been saying there would be a coup in Russia, and it would be led by Prigozhin raises many questions. For one, Prigozhin himself is very wealthy, so money is unlikely to be the reason. For the Duran, they speculate that he had a plan from early on to manipulate the Wagner group and bring them to a place of leverage for a future coup.
Prigozhin mutiny and Putin's speech, 1917?