Putin, Prigozhin, and Russia's Long, Bloody History of Fallen Favorites

Like his predecessors from Peter the Great to Stalin, Vladimir Putin has flaunted his unchecked power by elevating ruthless outsiders into positions of prestige and influence. When such relationships sour, things get very ugly, very fast.

Putin has only himself to blame as infighting engulfs Kremlin insiders

Russia's Wagner Group and Why Coups Fail, Out of the Loop

Vladimir Putin: Russian oligarchs disappear as Wagner 'coup' fallout grows

Vladimir Putin - Wikipedia

How Putin's Mercenary Army, the Wagner Group, Does the Dirtiest Work in Ukraine - Men's Journal

Yevgeny Prigozhin is Putin's Mercenary, But He Wants to be Russia's Trump - Air Mail

Moscow Court Rejects Pretrial Release For Putin Critic Igor Girkin

Russia-Ukraine War Latest News & Analysis: Ukraine's Spring Counteroffensive

Vladimir Putin - Silencing Critics, West Actions

Wagner is the monstrous legacy of a Russian mercenary tradition

Prigozhin is the inevitable product of Putin's Russia that is now coming back to haunt it

Russia-Ukraine War: Prigozhin Listed as Passenger on Plane That Crashed, Killing All Aboard - The New York Times

Experts react: What the Prigozhin plane crash reveals about Putin, the Wagner Group's future, and the war in Ukraine - Atlantic Council

The Roots of Russian Conduct