Putin’s chef spoils the broth: mutiny in Russia
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The Economist
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🗓️ 26 June 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Yevgeny Prigozhin, nicknamed “Putin’s chef”, leads the Wagner Group of mercenaries fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine. He had lambasted Russia’s military leaders for months, but the mutiny he began over the weekend lasted less than a day. Nevertheless it is a sharp blow to President Vladimir Putin’s leadership—and may prove to be a boon for Ukraine’s counter-offensive.
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| 1:04.0 | Today we'll be taking a deep dive into the extraordinary events in Russia and Ukraine over the weekend. |
| 1:11.0 | A short-lived mutiny by Evgeny Pradozhyn and the Wagner group fighters he first led four and then, |
| 1:18.0 | apparently briefly against Russia. |
| 1:21.0 | We'll examine the situation as seen within Russia's borders and what the evident chaos means for Ukraine's slow-rolling counteroffensive. |
| 1:37.0 | It's as fast moving a story as any since Russia's invasion of Ukraine 16 months ago. |
| 1:43.0 | On Friday, Evgeny Pradozhyn, the leader of the Wagner group of mercenaries, thugs, and ex-convicts |
| 1:49.0 | that's been aiding Russian forces, lashed out. |
| 1:56.0 | The evil being spread by the country's military leadership must be stopped, he said. |
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