The revolt by Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his troops put the US in an unusual situation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
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China has provided Russia with economic support during the war in Ukraine. But Beijing may be concerned over recent events in Moscow.
Euphoria in the West about the short-lived revolt by the Wagner Group hasn’t yet resulted in military gains for Ukraine.
A historian explains how Russian President Vladimir Putin, weakened by a short-lived mutiny, might find a path to peace with Ukraine.
For the past few years Alexander Lukashenko has had to depend on Moscow’s help to keep him in power. Now he appears to have returned the favour.
Putin has ignored his own role in the transformation of Prigozhin from a convicted criminal into a formidable political force.
The Russian president has been severely wounded by this open show of defiance. It remains to be seen whether Ukraine can take advantage of this weakness.
Signs of discontent among Russian nationalists and Wagner had been growing before a column of paramilitaries began an aborted march on Moscow.
Perhaps the gravest concern for Putin: having for years encouraged the Kremlin’s powerful elites to compete for his favour, he’s now given them a powerful reason to unite against him.
The African Union (AU) and responsible African governments are likely to grow to resent the Wagner Group’s presence and regret their failure to oppose it.
If Vladimir Putin can shift blame for a failed war in Ukraine onto Wagner Group forces as they engage in an armed rebellion on Russian territory, it could provide him an escape hatch from Ukraine.
A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Russian forces in Ukraine have been deeply divided. The Kremlin is attempting to remedy that, but the signs are not good.
Putin was put on the defensive during an increasingly rare Q&A over the war’s progress. Meanwhile, disquiet among potential rivals is growing.
The Wagner Group boss is becoming increasingly critical of the way the war is being run.
The infighting is dangerous for the Kremlin. It’s becoming harder for Vladimir Putin to dissociate himself from serious errors of judgement on the battlefield in Ukraine.
The Battle of Bakhmut embodies Russia’s ill-planned war in Ukraine. Even if it succeeds in taking the city, the divisions it’s created within its armed forces will erode Russia’s ultimate aims.
The Wagner Group has become a tool to further Russian objectives in Africa without attracting the scrutiny that regular military units would.
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Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University
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Affiliate Lecturer, King's College London
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Professor of Practice in International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Director of Research, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, University of Maryland
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Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
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Visiting scholar, Russia and Eurasia Program, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Senior Researcher in religious studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
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Professor of Military History, University of Calgary
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PhD candidate, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer, Politics, La Trobe University
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Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex
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Visiting Senior Research Fellow, King's Russia Institute, King's College London
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Senior Lecturer in Modern European History, Queen Mary University of London