Expert on the Russian system: “Putin will now ensure that the elites don’t stab him in the back”

Tatiana Stanovaya of the Carnegie Russia Center is one of the best experts on the Putin system. She explains what was behind the Wagner uprising – and what lessons Russia’s president will probably draw from it.

The surprising advance of Wagner’s private army towards Moscow and the equally abrupt end of the revolt on Saturday afternoon leave many questions unanswered. What was happening? What logic did this uprising against power in the Kremlin follow?

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