Smart Take | What Happens to Prigozhin and the Wagner Group Now?

William Pomeranz, Director of the Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute, considers what impact the Prigozhin-led uprising in Russia will have on Putin’s authority. He looks at why the paramilitary leader seized Russian military facilities and ordered a march to Moscow, what will happen to the Wagner Group forces, and describes the possible impact the rebellion will have on the war in Ukraine.

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