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The short-lived rebellion by Wagner Group leader Yevgeniy Prigozhin has forced a closer examination of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s hold on power. Russia’s political system is “showing its fragilities, and the military power is cracking,” the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said Monday at a summit of E.U….

U.S. spy agencies this month picked up intelligence suggesting that Prigozhin was planning armed action against Russia’s defense establishment. The White House and officials in the Pentagon and the State Department, as well as leaders in Congress, were informed of the development, as instability from a “civil war” would be…

Comment on this storyComment In a rare show of bipartisan agreement, U.S. officials and lawmakers from both parties said Sunday that the brief rebellion against Russia’s defense officials by a Russian mercenary group had weakened Russian President Vladimir Putin — and strengthened the United States’ resolve to continue supporting Ukraine….

SUBSCRIBER+ EXPERT INTERVIEW – When an armed force of Russian mercenaries seized command centers and advanced toward Moscow, the effects set off a chain of events that security analysts say will likely ripple across the globe for years to come.  The “ability to project power and influence will be fundamentally weakened by…