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It is easy to understand what African rulers see in the mercenary group Wagner. Its fighters can be deployed quickly. It brings sophisticated arms with it and can apply force speedily and ruthlessly. Alternative sources of military muscle have flaws: United Nations missions lack robust mandates...
Beware predictions about Vladimir Putin’s imminent demise. The informal rule in foreign policy circles is that an autocrat can sustain power if he has the support of 30% of the population. He then has the requisite manpower to run the state bureaucracy, police society, either pay taxes or corruption tolls...
President Joe Biden sought to preempt any talk from President Vladimir Putin that the West provoked the mercenary rebellion that shook Russia over the weekend, saying the US and NATO had played no role and were still weighing its consequences. In his first public comments about the matter...
The U.S. and allies have major concerns about the consequences of instability in Russia, even as the chaos raises opportunities to strengthen Ukraine’s position diplomatically and militarily. There are any number of aftereffects to look for in the fallout from the weekend mutiny attempt launched...
Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor weighs in on the short-lived mutiny in Russia which some critics argue shows cracks in Putin's power...
Russian President Vladimir Putin is looking to project strength and stability at the Kremlin despite the dramatic episode with the Wagner Group over the weekend. Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor and former U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan join CBS News to examine Putin's...
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor says Russian President Vladimir Putin and Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin were both playing a game of chicken this weekend when Prigozhin marched his troops toward Moscow but later turned them around. Putin allowed Prigozhin to flee to...
ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor about the revolt by the Wagner group and what it means for Putin’s rule and the war in Ukraine...
Fmr. U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor says Putin is "creating this problem for himself...this is an advantage for the Ukrainians"...
A short-lived rebellion against Russian authority led by mercenary leader Yevgeny V. Prigohzhin unfolded on Saturday. For more on this, KCBS Radio news anchor Liz Saint John spoke with Don Jensen, Senior Advisor at the U.S. Institute of Peace and former diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow...