The most interesting thing about Prigozhin’s apparent retreat is that Putin, widely perceived as a strongman with a low threshold of pain for disloyalty, has permitted Prigozhin to flourish and to criticize the Kremlin in the first place.Īfter all, a startling number of Putin’s political adversaries - many without the high profile of Prigozhin - have succumbed to poison or fallen to their deaths from tall buildings, and it is intriguing to speculate why Putin has suffered Prigozhin and his antics.Ī compelling explanation is that Putin can’t do without the Wagner Group, Prigozhin’s army.
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