The planet held its breath

The explanations of Evgeny Prigozhin's rebellion are 2 – that it was a "status" of the authorities in the Kremlin and everything was directed, and the second explanation that this was the consequence of interior fighting and the mistake of creating a parallel to the force structures of the centre, specified as Wagner Group.

I think the second explanation is true, there's no reason to say it was a theatre for use... Yeah, who? Your own public opinion? What do you think that message would give? That in the mediate of the Ukrainian offensive 1 of the main forces on the front is rebelling? Or possibly for Western use, to show him that Putin is better than individual who could replace him and take him seriously. This is besides an indefensible thesis, although specified conclusions can be reached after this row of West. This is evidenced by the very tempered consequence of the US and their allies, and even Poland. It was stressed that this was an interior substance of Russia, the fear of what could happen if the coup had succeeded prevailed. The imagination of taking control of the atomic button by individual like Evgeny Prigozhin or individual he would bring to power—was frightening to the West.

Washington, who reportedly knew that Prigozhin might rebel to root for Putin. "New York Times" wrote: "Prigobin is known for his brutality and if he could remove high-ranking officials, he would most likely become a alternatively unpredictable leader. And the anticipation that a large, nuclear-armed rival of the United States can sink into chaos entails a full fresh set of threats."

So what is the balance of these events? Is 1 of the Russian newspapers right, writing that, “Russia has shown the planet its weakness” and it is not a comfort that akin things happen even in the West, including the United States, (Trump supporters' assault on Capitol)? On the another hand, however, these events have shown that there are limits to the escalation of the Western conflict with Russia, and that so far there is no alternate to Vladimir Putin's power. Did he lose on what happened? On the 1 hand, yes, due to the fact that he was the 1 who tolerated Prigozhin as a "pike in the carp pond", but on the another hand Erdogan's syndrome, which strengthened after a failed military coup. That is why another Russian paper wrote: “Russia has shown that it is able to deal with any crisis, both external and internal. In little than a day’.

Jan Engelgard

photo of Tass

Think Poland, No. 27-28 (2-9.07.2023)