not sure GRU would act on something like this without Putin's approval. I do agree that taking Prigozhin and Co out was not in Putin's interest. The vertical of power is very tight in Russian (especially now), MOD is in complete sync w Putin (Shoygu is one of Putin's trusted friends as well), GRU is within that structure reporting to Gerasimov. I just don't see how GRU can go rogue on this one. This is just not the same environment as with CIA in the US running its operations independently