Kadi Ostrowski is our Russia editor. We've spoken a lot about Mr. Prigogen and Wagner on the show before, and his disquiet about the military leadership in Russia. It always sounded as if he had Vladimir Putin's cover. He does not seem to be under Mr. Putin's wing any longer. I think this is one of the biggest stories in Russia's certainly since the war began.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, nicknamed “Putin’s chef”, leads the Wagner Group of mercenaries fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine. He had lambasted Russia’s military leaders for months, but the mutiny he began over the weekend lasted less than a day. Nevertheless it is a sharp blow to President Vladimir Putin’s leadership—and may prove to be a boon for Ukraine’s counter-offensive.
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