The fascinating Russia soap opera involving Wagner Chief Prigozhin and Vladimir Putin continued yesterday. News broke that Prigozhin had died in a plane crash inside Russia. Was this an accident? … Continue reading
Yevgeny Prigozhin, formerly one of Vladimir Putin’s closest ally and head of the Wagner mercenary group, is thought to have died in a plane crash outside of Moscow. Wagner took … Continue reading
With Ukraine’s counteroffensive moving slower than anticipated, Kyiv scores a small victory by liberating some strategic territory in Donetsk Oblast. Continue reading
We’ve got Georgia on our minds because fifteen years ago this week, a new era of Russian imperial expansion commenced with Moscow’s August 2008 invasion of that South Caucasus country. Continue reading
Lukashenko, Wagner, and the Future of Belarus Over the past month, Belarus has been increasingly in the spotlight, with the announcement of the Wagner Group’s relocation to the country following … Continue reading
One month after a short-lived armed insurrection directly challenged Vladimir Putin’s rule, the man who orchestrated it all is still roaming free. Continue reading
As NATO wrapped up a historic summit in Vilnius, the chaos from the fallout of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s failed insurrection in Russia continued apace. Continue reading
Yesterday, we learned that Wagner chief Prigozhin may be back in Russia. He had been exiled to Belarus after leading an armed mutiny in Moscow. Then a pro Kremlin newspaper … Continue reading
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. Continue reading
It was the 24 hours that perplexed the world. Continue reading
