Putin’s Biggest Mistakes in the Wagner Uprising
His address to the nation during the Wagner mutiny and the subsequent deal to let its leader off the hook suggest the Russian President is toast.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is damaged goods. He may have survived this weekend’s mutiny by Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner Group of mercenaries. In reacting as he did, though, Putin not only made himself even weaker, but planted the idea of his impotence in the minds of Russians and the world.