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PRIGOZHIN’S FOLLY

The Russian ‘revolt’ that wasn’t strengthens Putin’s hand

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Seymour Hersh
Jun 29, 2023
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Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the mercenary Wagner Group, in a video he released last weekend.

The Biden administration had a glorious few days last weekend. The ongoing disaster in Ukraine slipped from the headlines to be replaced by the “revolt,” as a New York Times headline put it, of Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the mercenary Wagner Group. 

The focus sli…

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