The Wagner mercenary leader’s death is a measure of how badly he has damaged the Russian president.
Vladimir Putin continues to evolve into his persona as a vaudeville villain. His reign of death, fear and comically feigned innocence has convulsed Russia once more.
Russia’s president evidently decided that Prigozhin’s blatant threat to his regime demanded something more spectacular. It’s a measure of how badly the Wagner mercenary leader had damaged Putin. “Here’s this man, Surovikin, identified by many as Russia’s most capable general, he has all the traits except loyalty,” observes Kyle Wilson, Russian-speaking former Australian diplomat and intelligence analyst. Surovikin has been seen as close to Prigozhin.“Putin says, ‘My authority needs to be demonstrated – Surovikin has to go and Prigozhin has to be killed’.” In Putin’s neo-feudal Russia, says Wilson, everything is forgivable except disloyalty.
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