Russia was in disarray over the weekend, and not because of Ukraine. The chaos began when the Wagner Group a private army of mercenaries who have fought alongside the Russian army in Ukraine began charging toward Moscow in a full-scale coup attempt against Vladimir Putin. While the Wagner Group,.
With Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Progozhin removed from Russia, one authoritarian leader is breathing a little easier - but another is perhaps starting to sweat.
We spoke to Russian opposition politician Grigory Yavlinsky, who previously stood in a presidential election against Vladimir Putin. We started by asking him what he made of Yevgeny Prigozhin effectively being given a pardon, while other peaceful opposition protesters like Alexei Navalny are serving long prison sentences.
Yvegeny Prigozhin took advantage of first Yeltsin's and then Putin's Russia to rise from a St Petersburg gangster, to a Kremlin caterer, to now one of Russia's pre-eminent warlords.