What Prigozhin’s March Taught Us About Putin’s Russia
CIPHER SUMMARY REPORT & EXPERT ANALYSIS – Just a week after Wagner Group CEO Yevgeny Prigozhin launched the final mission of his mercenary career in the form of an uprising against Russian leadership, President Vladimir Putin is quickly identifying identify and punish those who may have helped while Western experts assess the cracks in the Putin regime.
After a months-long feud between Prigozhin and the Russian defense ministry, Prigozhin’s revolt brought thousands of mercenaries within a few hundred miles of Moscow. And then, they stopped. Prigozhin’s forces halted their advance and returned to their base, as Prigozhin himself accepted a deal that sent him into exile not easily.
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