Putin’s impotencePrigozhin’s abortive insurrection has punctured the “strongman” image of Putin, both for world leaders and for ordinary Russians. It may be because the Russian president is ideologically aligned with them, or saw them as useful in balancing the power of the generals. Certainly prior to the Wagner mutiny, there were growing winds of discontent among nationalists. Prigozhin’s Wagner group was created with his blessing and promoted by the Russian president. But there can be no doubt that the aborted mutiny has exposed profound structural flaws in the Russian system of rule.

Source: Libya Today June 26, 2023 21:36 UTC