Prigozhin has worn out the patience of much of the Kremlin establishment but maintains the backing of Yuri Kovalchuk, a close friend of Putin and a power broker in Moscow, people close to the Kremlin told us. Story w/ @tggrove and @benoitfaucon
Our story on how the Kremlin moved to rein in Prigozhin, even as he leads Russia’s siege of Bakhmut. “They’ve decided that Prigozhin poses too great a threat and it’s time to clamp down on Wagner.” W/ @tggrove and @benoitfaucon
Our story on the protests in Georgia over a Russian-style foreign agents law includes an interview with a ruling party lawmaker who admits that the term foreign agent is “not very pleasant.”
fascinating story by @benoitfaucon on Russia’s Western-trained technocrats helping Putin’s government navigate sanctions. “He was critical of Russia’s political opening in the 1990s. ‘He wanted to make Russia great again,’ said another former colleague.”
