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Prigozhin, Putin and what is really happening in Russia

When Russian warlord Evgeny Prigozhin started a ‘march on Moscow’ with his Wagner forces, the world – and Russia – was shocked. Was this a coup? A rebellion?Now Prigozhin is supposedly in Belarus and the Kremlin is trying to retake control of the narrative – all while Ukraine's counter-offensive g

Prigozhin, Putin and what is really happening in Russia
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Elizaveta Fokht: BBC Russian Service reporter who has reported extensively on the Wagner Group
Hanna Liubakova: Journalist and analyst from Belarus and non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council
Jeremy Morris: Professor of Russian & Global Studies at Aarhus University, Denmark. He is the author of ‘Everyday Postsocialism: Working-class Communities in the Russian Margins’
Chair, Thomas Rowley: Lead editor of oDR, openDemocracy’s project on the post-Soviet space

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