Analysis: A jarring challenge to the Kremlin's control seems to have been staved off. But the damage to Putin’s image and authority may be lasting.
, the commander of the influential Wagner mercenary company who had in recent months raged against the perceived incompetence and corruption of Russia’s military leadership. On Saturday, his forces marched virtually unopposed through the southern city of Rostov en route to Moscow, reaching positions just 120 miles outside of the capital.
Residents cheered as Wagner Group mercenaries left the headquarters of Russia's Southern Military District in the city of Rostov-on-Don on June 24. damage to Putin’s image and authority may be lasting Analysts speculated that Putin allowed Prigozhin a long leash as part of his own politicking among circles of Kremlin elites. That Prigozhin then decided to fully turn against Putin’s establishment, to the applause of locals in Rostov and the acquiescence of confused Russian authorities on the road to Moscow, is the latest blow to the Russian president’s prestige and legitimacy since the launch of his disastrous “special military operation” in Ukraine.
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