The Russian Revolt That Wasnt


Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the mercenary Wagner Group, in a video he released last weekend. 


Seymour Hersh: Prigozhin's Folly: The Russian 'Revolt' That Wasn't Strengthens Putin's Hand 


The Biden administration had a glorious few days last weekend. The ongoing disaster in Ukraine slipped from the headlines to be replaced by the “revolt,” as a New York Times headline put it, of Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the mercenary Wagner Group. 


The focus slipped from Ukraine’s failing counter-offensive to Prigozhin’s threat to Putin’s control. As one headline in the Times put it, “ Revolt Raises Searing Question: Could Putin Lose Power?” Washington Post columnist David Ignatius posed this assessment: “Putin looked into the abyss Saturday—and blinked.”  


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WNU Editor: My must read post for today.






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Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the mercenary Wagner Group, in a video he released last weekend. 


Seymour Hersh: Prigozhin's Folly: The Russian 'Revolt' That Wasn't Strengthens Putin's Hand 


The Biden administration had a glorious few days last weekend. The ongoing disaster in Ukraine slipped from the headlines to be replaced by the “revolt,” as a New York Times headline put it, of Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the mercenary Wagner Group. 


The focus slipped from Ukraine’s failing counter-offensive to Prigozhin’s threat to Putin’s control. As one headline in the Times put it, “ Revolt Raises Searing Question: Could Putin Lose Power?” Washington Post columnist David Ignatius posed this assessment: “Putin looked into the abyss Saturday—and blinked.”  


Read more ....  


WNU Editor: My must read post for today.


July 03, 2023 at 07:26AM

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