by Jonathan | Sep 12, 2023 | Short Takes
What do you think he calls aviation accidents?
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...