Putin vs. Prigozhin: The Post-Coup Report

Man plans, and God laughs. Tell God about your book leave plans, and watch him launch the strangest, shortest military coup in Russian history. So here I am, back a week early, to share my thoughts and analysis with you on just what the hell happened over there. Thank you so much to my partners, Peter Hamby, Dylan Byers, Tina Nguyen and Teddy Schleifer for holding down The Best & The Brightest in my absence.
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Putin vs. Prigozhin: The Post-Coup Report

In the wake of Prigozhin’s attempted coup, there’s been a lot of full-throated certainty in the Western media that Putin has been mortally wounded and that his regime is weaker than ever. Look as I might, I just don’t see it.

JULIA IOFFE

As Evgeny Prigozhin’s armored convoy of some 25,000 battle-hardened, heavily-armed men made their way to Moscow on their “March of Fairness,” people in the capital were mostly going about their regular lives. The museums were crowded, as were the cafés. People celebrated their weddings. Underneath, of course, was panic. Cash withdrawals, by the Kremlin’s own account, jumped 30 percent. Some people with means, anticipating chaos and bloodshed, tried to...

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