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Vladimir Putin's Horrible, Terrible, but in the End Pretty Good Year

Consider This from NPR

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🗓️ 18 December 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

For Russian President Vladimir Putin, 2023 began with his war against Ukraine stagnating. It went on to deliver one of the most public challenges to his leadership, ever.

Now as 2023 comes to a close, the man who lead the rebellion against Putin Yevgeny Prighozin is dead. US aid to Ukraine is on the Congressional chopping block, and Putin is getting ready to embark on a fifth campaign for the presidency of Russia. Odds are, he'll win.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Russia correspondent Charles Maynes about Putin's year that was, and how things are looking for 2024.

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0:00.0

Breaking news, armored vehicles on the streets of Moscow. A member of his trusted inner circle dared to revolt and marched his army of mercenaries.

0:16.0

The saying Putin is aware of a situation unfolding around if Jenny Progosian, the chief of the private Wagner Army.

0:22.0

Friday, June 23, 2023, just six months ago, Yevgeny Progosian led what was essentially

0:28.7

viewed as a coup attempt against the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin.

0:32.1

Russia's President Vladimir Putin.

0:32.8

Russia's president Vladimir Putin has vowed to crash what he called an armed

0:37.2

mutiny in a televised address.

0:39.4

It comes after Yevgeny Fregujan, head of the Wagner mercenary group said he wanted to oust

0:44.4

Russia's military leadership.

0:46.0

Pragogen, one of Putin's closest, most enduring allies, marshaled the troops of his

0:51.2

Wagner group and began marching toward Moscow.

0:54.1

In a video released at the time of the rebellion,

1:01.4

Progosian claimed the Kremlin's justifications

1:04.4

for invading Ukraine were based on falsehoods

1:07.2

and said the Ministry of Defense

1:08.9

was deceiving the public.

1:10.8

For a moment, the world wondered if sentiment was finally turning against Putin.

1:15.6

This is Secretary of State Anthony Blinken speaking shortly after the rebellion began.

1:20.1

It's still a moving picture and I doubt we've seen the last act, but I think we can say this much.

1:25.0

First, we've seen some very serious cracks emerge.

1:30.0

Serious cracks or not, just 36 hours after it began,

1:34.0

the rebellion was finished.

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