What Does Israel Think?
The Revolt in Russia: Q&A with Amb. Arkady Mil-Man, Israel’s Former Ambassador to Russia: INSS Israel, YouTube, June 25, 2023 — Everything you wanted to know about the dramatic day in the Kremlin: Was there any foreshadowing? Is the event behind us? How does it affect Israel? And might the whole affair have been designed by Putin?
Israel Views Wagner Rebellion as Sign that Putin Is Losing Grip on Russia — Report: Gianluca Pacchiani, Times of Israel, June 27, 2023 — As the Wagner Group was staging its 24-hour mutiny against the Kremlin, the Israeli government held a situational assessment on its ramifications, concluding that it indicated a “profound Russian weakness,” according to a report Monday.
In His First Remarks Since His Revolt, Prigozhin Claims He Wasn’t Trying to Overthrow Putin.: Valerie Hopkins, NY Times, June 26, 2023 — Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner mercenary group who mounted a brief uprising against Russia’s military command over the weekend, broke a long period of silence on Monday to deny, once more, that he had any intention of seizing power with his march on Moscow.
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How the Wagner Rebellion Threw Russia into a Deep State of Crisis: Sergey Radchenko, The Spectator, June 24, 2023
After Weekend of Chaos in Russia, Questions Remain Over Fate of Wagner: Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, June 26, 2023
How Wagner’s Mutiny in Russia Impacts Iran’s Threat to Israel – Analysis: Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post, June 25, 2023
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Russia’s Academy Award Winning Performance for Best Coup, Prigozhin Scores Best Actor: Larry Johnson, Sonar 21, June 24, 2023 — What if the Prigozhin “Coup” is Maskirovka? I want to explore that possibility.
Why Wagner Chief Prigozhin Turned Against Putin: Benoit Faucon, Joe Parkinson and Thomas Grove, WSJ, June 26, 2023 — The grainy footage announcing the insurrection appeared on the Telegram messaging site at 7:24 a.m.: Yevgeny Prigozhin had gathered two of Russia’s most senior commanders in the strategic city of Rostov-on-Don to humiliate them on camera and threaten to march his mercenary army to Moscow.
Timeline: What Led to the Standoff Between Russia and Prigozhin: Gaya Gupta, NY Times, June 24, 2023 — For years, Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the Wagner mercenary leader who conducted a brief rebellion against the Russian military, had been a loyal supporter of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
Russia’s FSB Opens Criminal Case Against Wagner Chief Prigozhin for Armed Mutiny – TASS: Jerusalem Post, June 23, 2023 — Russia’s FSB security service has opened a criminal case against mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin for calling for armed mutiny, the TASS news agency said on Friday, citing the National Antiterrorism Committee.
