The Russian Coup That Wasn't

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 26 June 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Vladimir Putin is still in power after a failed rebellion led by Yevgeny Prigozhin and his mercenaries, but is U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken right that this shows "cracks" in support for the Russian President? And what does it mean for Ukraine's counteroffensive? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:23.0	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal,
0:25.8	this is Potomac Watch.
0:28.5	Call it the coup there wasn't or the rebellion that failed,
0:32.3	but the 24 hour revolt and then retreat
0:35.3	by Yivgeny Purgosian in Russia against Vladimir Putin's government
0:40.0	was a stunning event that raises doubts about Putin's hold on power
0:45.3	and the future of the prosecution of the Ukraine war.
0:48.3	Purgosian's Wagner group of mercenaries
0:50.6	took control of a couple of southern Russian cities
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