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Why Putin still needs Wagner

Why Putin still needs Wagner

8 July 2023

9:00 AM

8 July 2023

9:00 AM

It will be a matter of deep regret for Vladimir Putin that, in the wake of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s ill-fated attempt to overthrow Russia’s military establishment, he has finally been forced to come clean about the Kremlin’s association with the Wagner Group. Deniability is a vital facet for a veteran spook like Putin.

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