Opinion

Putin's reign may not survive the impending fall of Crimea

Tuesday marked the third anniversary of Yevgeny Prigozhin's mutiny against Russian President Vladimir Putin. Prigozhin failed and paid with his life. But Russia as a whole, and Russian-occupied Crimea in particular, might have been better off had the man once known as "Putin’s chef" succeeded in overthrowing the regime in Moscow. Prigozhin understood something Putin could...
Tuesday marked the third anniversary of Yevgeny Prigozhin's mutiny against Russian President Vladimir Putin. Prigozhin failed and paid with his life. But Russia as a whole, and Russian-occupied Crimea in particular, might have been better off had the man once known as "Putin’s chef" succeeded in overthrowing the regime in Moscow. Prigozhin understood something Putin could...

This article was originally published at: https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5938545-put...