«А couple of months ago, it looked like there were basically two possible outcomes for

Evgeny Pregozion, Success, or Death».

His Wagner group mercenaries were pushing towards the Russian capital, in a move that looked

a whole lot like an attempted coup.

President Vladimir Putin called it an act of treason.

«Тот, кто организовал и готовил военный митеж».

«Пregozion did not overthrow Putin.

He turned his troops around, said this was just a protest, and even stranger Putin agreed

to an amnestydeal.

This was not success for Pregozion, so remember that other possible outcome?

«My feeling was when Putin pardoned the Wagner group.

Pregozion was a dead man walking».

That's Nina Khrushcheva, Professor of International Affairs at the New School in New York City.

She's also the great granddaughter of former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushcheva.

We talked to her a couple of weeks after that aborted mutiny at a moment when it looked

like Pregozion may have escaped, unscathed.

The Kremlin announced Pregozion had met with Putin, and apparently buried the hatchet.

«Пропорта» was returned, which is almost unheard of.

So he had a mutiny, and suddenly all his money is back at him.

But was Pregozion really safe?

Was Putin really over this?

With the war in Ukraine essentially stalling, he does need to have some sort of pacifying

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