Not at all, it's very logical. He is popular and he's hoping to bank on that popularity to have Russian forces switch sides without fighting.
LOL. One of the urgent actions that Putin is taking: banners advertising recruitment into Wagner are being taken down in Moscow and in other cities.
Three Russian helicopters and one plane shot down by Wagner. Russians are putting mines on the road to stop Wagner. In Belarus there are calls to think about their future. Stay in a miserable life or become a wastern free country. Now is the moment as Russia becomes very weak and has even not enough people to control their own country.