Putin: The Wagner Group organizer failed
Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., says ‘we are still looking at a very chaotic situation’ in Russia following Vladimir Putin’s response to the military uprising.
I don’t know whether the leader of Russia’s mercenary forces seriously planned a coup attempt in Moscow.
I don’t know why Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Group, suddenly shifted gears, dropped the planned assault, cut a deal that included the dropping of charges against him, and agreed to flee the country.
I don’t know why Vladimir Putin, having accused his onetime ally of treason and threatened to crush the rebellion, meekly made the compromise.
I don’t know whether the weekend’s tumultuous events leave Putin in a badly weakened state, though it certainly undermined his authority.
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In this handout photo taken from video released by Prigozhin Press Service,…
