In the aftermath of folly, Putin is weakened

After a would-be coup, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is so badly weakened that he may be gone as soon as those around him can agree on a replacement.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is far weaker, his power much less secure, than anybody suspected, writes Gwynne Dyer.

“I said to Putin: ‘We could waste [Prigozhin], no problem. If not on the first try, then on the second.’ I told him: ‘Don't do this’,” said Aleksandr Lukashenko, long-ruling dictator of Belarus, clearly delighted at having upstaged his arrogant Russian counterpar...

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