https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/final-act-of-putin-s-reign-details-of-chaotic-russian-coup-emerging-live-updates/ar-AA1d9A1F?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=691ddcb9433b456b872d4abbb578ccb2&ei=15#image=AANvquV|18Story by John Bacon and Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY • Yesterday 8:32 PM
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'Final act of Putin's reign': Details of chaotic Russian coup emerging. Live updates
Story by John Bacon and Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY • Yesterday 8:32 PM
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is losing the war in Ukraine and has become "a bit of a pariah around the world," President Joe Biden said Wednesday.
Biden said it is "hard to tell" how much Putin has been weakened by Yevgeny Prigozhin's ambitious but ill-fated coup attempt. Some experts, however, say last week's chaotic insurgency stands as the greatest challenge yet to almost a quarter-century of Putin's authoritarian rule.
Mary Kate Schneider, director of global studies at Loyola University Maryland, told USA TODAY that even in failure, Prigozhin's coup attempt constitutes the single greatest challenge to Putin's authority in his 23-year reign. Prigozhin revealed "fissures in Putin's armor" that can be exploited by other challengers, she said. And Prigozhin's warm reception during his brief march could encourage those dissenters.
Rescuers and volunteers carry a rescued woman from the rubble after Russian missile strike hit a restaurant and several houses in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, on June 27, 2023.
Rescuers and volunteers carry a rescued woman from the rubble after Russian missile strike hit a restaurant and several houses in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, on June 27, 2023.
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"It doesn't matter that Prigozhin and his soldiers did not reach Moscow, and in the long run it doesn't even matter why he stopped short of Moscow," Schneider said. "What matters is that Putin blinked."
Zev Faintuch, senior intelligence analyst at Global Guardian − an international security firm with boots on the ground in Ukraine − said Putin's "monopoly on violence in Russia is over." Putin's power, Faintuch said, was derived from his ability to control the "underbosses" of Russia.
"What is clear is that we are now witnessing the final act of Putin's reign, and possibly even that of the modern Russian state," Faintuch told USA TODAY. "We’ve all seen gangster movies when the don shows weakness, and we all know what happens next. That said, it is still far too soon to predict Putin's imminent fall."
Developments:
∎ Ukrainian forces advanced almost a mile in various sectors of the front line Tuesday, Ukrainian Eastern Command spokesperson Serhii Cherevatyi said. Ukrainian authorities claim they have taken back more than half the land seized by Russia in the early months of the war.
∎ NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday he has called a meeting of senior officials from Turkey, Sweden, and Finland on July 6 to try to overcome Turkish objections to Sweden joining the military alliance.
∎ Lithuania will send 10 more armored vehicles to Ukraine, bringing the total to 72, Lithuania's Defense Minister Avrydas Anusauskas announced.
∎ Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said on Telegram that Russian occupying forces in Kherson province have turned impounded buildings into warehouses for looted goods and locations to dismantle stolen cars to sell their parts in Russia.
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The fact that the mainstream media is reporting this means there is a possibility it might be true. Face it,the global media does NOT want to report negative things about Communists or Communist nations,and for them to report that Putin and his flunkies are on their way out means it looks like there is a possibility this is true.
