Russians with ties to the Kremlin expressed relief that Wagner’s mutiny did not spark a civil war. But they agreed that Vladimir Putin had come off looking weak in a way that could be lasting.
Tag: Ukraine
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Crisis Abated
Vladimir Putin averted a threat that came closer than anything else has to endangering his hold on power.
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Prigozhin, Putin’s Beast, Turned on Him Before Apparently Reversing Course
Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the founder of the paramilitary Wagner Group, has been driven to fury by a mismanaged war in Ukraine. He turned on his creator, before apparently reversing course.
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Short-Lived Mutiny in Russia Sheds Light on Putin’s Hold on Power
The armed standoff on the road to Moscow, brief as it was, represented the most dramatic struggle for power in Russia in decades.
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Yevgeny Prigozhin leads Wagner troops into Russia
A Russian mercenary leader claimed he controls a military headquarters in southern Russia, and Vladimir Putin vowed to take action.