Brian Whitmore on CTV News – August 27, 2023
Wagner Chief confirmed dead Brian Whitmore, Non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council breaks down what happens next after the news.
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Brian Whitmore on CTV News – August 25, 2023
Brian Whitmore discusses the credibility of the Kremlin’s denial in Prigozhin’s alleged death.
SEDITION AND PUNISHMENT
In the immortal words of Omar Little, “You come at the king, you best not miss.” Continue reading
Radio Interview with Inside Sources with Boyd Matheson on KSL Radio (Utah) – Brian Whitmore – August 24, 2023
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
Interview with Deutsche Welle – Brian Whitmore – August 24, 2023
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
STATE OF THE WAR
With Ukraine’s counteroffensive moving slower than anticipated, Kyiv scores a small victory by liberating some strategic territory in Donetsk Oblast. Continue reading
THE BATTLE FOR GEORGIA, THEN AND NOW
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
Brian Whitmore on Brussels Sprouts – August 4, 2023
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
MOSCOW’S WOUNDED ‘GODFATHER’
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
KREMLIN CHAOS & NATO UNITY
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