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Abominable showman: the rise of Wagner’s Yevgeny Prigozhin

https://www.economist.com/1843/2023/06/12/abominable-showman-the-rise-of-wagners-yevgeny-prigozhin

Putin created him. Could the outspoken mercenary become the next president?

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1 comments

maporita

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Great article. The Economist excels at this kind of detailed, in-depth coverage and they studiously avoid sensationalizing the subject. One thing I've never been able to understand is how a man without any formal military training was able to command armed forces so effectively.