Wagner Developments

First off, Vladimir Putin admitted that the state supported the group throughout the war. And there was a gasp in shock and surprise if you have not been paying attention. Private armies are illegal in Russia. This did not change with the Wagner group. So best case scenario, they were ignored because of the projection of force into Africa. But no, the group is just a convenient excuse to project Russian interests without being too obvious. It is not a private army, though they are mercenaries. If your head hurts…think of Air America during the Central American Wars.

Does this sound like what the Russians always accuse the United States of doing? You got it. No, we are not choir boys, as I mentioned above, but the Carnegie Institute for Peace is not a CIA front. To be blunt, the Wagner Group is a front for the Russian state and one of the spiders in the jar.

It’s bad that the spider started a fight in the jar. The fact that Evgeny Pryghozin seems able to walk away…he is a dead man walking, betrays the regime's weakness. However, the regime is starting to turn the screws on Wagner.

Not only do we have extrajudicial executions. Some are on Telegram, which is not for the faint of heart. Or, for that matter, the arrests of soldiers who sided with the “losing” side.