Has Russia contained the Prigozhin threat? Its long history of managing violent mercenaries suggests so
- Written by Mark Edele, Hansen Professor in History, Deputy Dean, The University of Melbourne
Vasily Deryugin/Kommersant Publishing House/APA month on since pundits declared the imminent start of a new Russian civil war, we’re still waiting. Moreover, we still know very little about what went on when Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin launched a brief rebellion against the Kremlin.
The basic outlines of what happened are as follows:...
