Coup in Russia: Another Rebellion Brewing Against Putin

LTC Eugene Chu
..."First, Prigozhin has likely been swept into the dustbin of history (to borrow a phrase from Trotsky), and largely by the exertions of his own broom handle. A former restaurant tycoon turned mercenary leader, Prigozhin was done in by some of his most famous traits—brazen imprudence, overweening self-confidence, and blithe gullibility toward his own P.R. These qualities served him well as he rose to power over the past decade, but last week he let them come unchained from the ruthless pragmatism that good commanders and coup-plotters employ to size up the balance of power and the conditions on the battlefield."...