What We’re Reading About Russia
Members of the Wagner Group prepare to depart from the Southern Military District's headquarters and return to their base on June 24 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. (Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
What does Wagner's failed coup mean for Putin, the war, and the world? Making sense of a baffling—and still unfolding—story.
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“Something is happening in Russia.” One of our colleagues at The Free Press dropped that note into Slack on Friday. We checked Twitter and suddenly understood the meaning of the phrase “the fog of war.”
Over the 48 hours that followed, we listened intently to “experts” who not 12 hours before appeared to have PhDs in deep-sea submersibles. It was a coup!…
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