by Jonathan | Aug 25, 2023 | Short Takes
At this point I think the morbid story is interesting to most in the West as a plot straight out of James Bond — it isn’t likely to have a meaningful effect on any of our lives nor provide an accurate narrative for years. That said: WSJ reports that DOD thinks it was...
by Jonathan | Aug 25, 2023 | Short Takes
It’s not likely, but it’s not impossible. Keir Giles, a Russia expert with the international affairs think-tank Chatham House, urged caution about reports of Prigozhin’s death. “Multiple individuals have changed their name to Yevgeniy Prigozhin, as...
by Jonathan | Aug 24, 2023 | Short Takes
WSJ and others suggest that Prigozhin’s death. I don’t think so. It was never clear why he was still alive by the end of June. Even dead, the fissures he created in the military and his demonstration that Putin is not invincible live on. I don’t know that a less...
by Jonathan | Aug 23, 2023 | Short Takes
That’s the story, as of ~10 minutes ago. On the manifest of a plane that went down north of Moscow. This is one day after a video of him in Africa (probably) was released. In related news, the Russian general in charge of Ukrainian forces was sacked. The timing...