What next for Wagner’s thugs?

The Wagner mercenary group once did Putin’s dirty work, but its leader’s rebellion cost Prigozhin his life and means its members face an uncertain future.

What now for the Wagner gang?

The Wagner mercenary group overplayed its hand in Ukraine but Prigozhin may now concentrate on continuing to disrupt the security of at-risk states, bringing a new plague of chaos to the world.

Both sides lost this game of chicken

Yevgeny Prigozhin’s abortive coup against the Russian military fizzled out over the weekend with both sides chickening out of confrontation, but the fragmentation and in-fighting in Russia will only increase as a result.