The killing of Prigozhin may reveal that snuffing out potential political rivals is more important to Putin than any geopolitical sacrifices further from home.
White House National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watsonin a statement that U.S. officials were following the Prigozhin news."If confirmed, no one should be surprised," Watson said. According to the White House, President Biden has also been briefed on the plane crash in Russia.
Prigozhin's apparent assassination raises several important questions. First, how will it affect Putin's control over Russia? Prigozhin was the leader of a paramilitary force with thousands of men under arms. By most accounts, he was popular among them, so it's not inconceivable that there will be reprisal attacks against the Russian government.
Russian President Vladimir Putin talks to Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu as Navy's Commander-in-Chief Nikolai Yevmenov looks on during the annual Navy Day Parade on July 30 ,2023, in Saint Petersburg, Russia.Yet the quickness and ease with which Putin squashed the June uprising highlighted the impotence of Wagner as a credible threat to his rule.
Will Prigozhin's apparent death affect the Ukraine war? Not much, if at all. Prigozhin had been sidelined from the war since his feckless uprising. Wagner troops, which were decisive in annexing Crimea in 2014 and taking Bakhmut following Russia's 2022 invasion, are no longer participating in any
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