The mutiny was not, ostensibly, about Putin at all. Yevgeny Prigozhin's rebellion may have abruptly ended before Wagner's forces entered Moscow, but the very fact that a warlord and thousands of his soldiers were able to threaten the capital - and that a foreign leader had to step in to negotiate a peace deal - is a humiliating blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin from which he will never fully recover, experts said in the wake of a remarkable 48 hours. The Wagner boss showed that the Russian president no longer enjoys a monopoly of force in his country.Īmong Moscow's elites, "there is the growing feeling that he is a lame duck," a Russian journalist said. Yevgeny Prigozhin's rebellion is over but the damage to Vladimir Putin is irreversible, experts say. Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua via Getty Images ![]() ![]() People walk past a screen broadcasting Russian President Vladimir Putin's televised address to the nation, in Moscow, Russia, June 24, 2023.
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