Kirtika Sharad

Aug 3, 2023 | usip.org | James Rupert |Kirtika Sharad

Prigozhin’s mutiny on June 23-24, in which his forces seized military bases in the city of Rostov and then drove an armed convoy toward Moscow, was the clearest domestic rebellion against Putin in his 20-plus years in power — and it immediately raised questions about Prigozhin’s and Wagner’s futures. The Kremlin announced soon after that Wagner fighters who had not been part of the mutiny would be contracted into the Russian state armed forces — and that others would be moved to Belarus.