Two weeks after Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin launched, and then abandoned, an insurrection that shook Vladimir Putin’s regime to the core, the fallout, repercussions, and consequences continue to unfold.
Prigozhin’s whereabouts remain a mystery, with reports first placing him in Belarus, then St. Petersburg and Moscow. The fate of his assets, including the Wagner mercenary group, is still unsettled. And while one of Progozhin’s main allies, General Sergei Surovikin remains missing, Vladimir Putin has yet to launch widespread reprisals against enemies real and imagined — at least not yet.
But one thing is clear, Putin’s Russia after Prigozhin’s insurrection is in a very different place than it was before. Just how different? On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, host Brian Whitmore speaks with Maria Snegovaya, Mikhail Zygar, and Jeff Mankoff to unpack the latest developments. Enjoy…
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Mikhail Zygar’s op-eds in The New York Times examining Prigozhin and his uprising, which were referenced in the podcast, can be found here and here. Mikhail Zygar’s book “All the Kremlin’s Men” can be purchased here and his latest book, “War and Punishment: Putin, Zelensky, and the Path to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine” can be purchased here. And his columns for Der Spiegel (in German) can be accessed here.
Maria Snegovaya’s article for The Journal of Democracy, “Why Russia’s Democracy Never Began,” which was discussed in the second half of the podcast, can be accessed here. Maria Snegovaya’s other work and media appearances can be accessed here and here.
Jeff Mankoff’s book, “Empires of Eurasia: How Imperial Legacies Shape International Security,” can be purchased here and his other work can be accessed here.