Failed mercenary mutiny exposes Putin’s weakness

Practically one week after Yevgeny Prigozhin launched his failed mutiny in opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin, questions have solely multiplied and uncertainty has grown.

Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group, primarily a mercenary power that operates with the tacit assist of the Russian authorities, marched together with his troopers to inside 200 kilometers of Moscow earlier than accepting a proposal to enter exile in Belarus. It isn’t clear why he initiated the mutiny nor why he referred to as it off.

Putin has survived the worst disaster of his 23 years in energy — however he’s weakened. He now not is aware of who he can belief and when uncooked energy is the final word arbiter of disputes, his is a harmful place to be in.