The Wagner Group and the Rise of Vladimir Putin

Moscow is quiet again after an armed insurrection in Russia over the weekend ended as quickly as it began. But the uprising has left President Vladimir Putin weakened in the eyes of many Kremlin watchers, including US and European officials. Bloomberg’s Flavia Krause-Jackson joins this episode to talk about what this unprecedented threat to Putin’s authority means for his hold on power. And how turmoil inside the Kremlin and at the top of the military could further complicate Russia’s war in Ukraine.

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