Vladimir Putin faced the gravest challenge to his presidency after the system he has presided over for the last twenty-three years buckled under the pressure of the war he launched in Ukraine and, for a moment, devolved into armed conflict inside Russia.
Vladimir Putin faced the gravest challenge to his presidency after the system he has presided over for the last twenty-three years buckled this weekend under the pressure of the war he launched in Ukraine and, for a moment, devolved into armed conflict inside Russia.
For weeks, members of the Russian elite had been watching open-mouthed as Prigozhin launched volley after volley of abuse at the Russian military’s command, accusing it of incompetence, corruption and throwing away the lives of tens of thousands of Russian soldiers in Moscow’s war against Ukraine. Other observers said the uprising was “a symptom of a deep sickness” within the Russian state brought on by Putin’s messianic mission to capture what he believes are Russia’s historical lands in Ukraine. To achieve his aims, the Russian president has jettisoned any remnants of the rule of law.
“For a long time, there have been different approaches [among the elite] to the conduct of the military operation and to how the economy should be managed and the political situation,” said this member of Russian diplomatic circles, speaking on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal. “Prigozhin didn’t say anything principally new, but now these disagreements have broken out into the open and unfortunately matters have reached the stage of open conflict.
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