It was a 24-hour coup in Russia. On Saturday, Russian Pres. Vladamir Putin had his top military leader Yevgeny Prigozhin start a military trek to Moscow. Prigozhin is the leader of the Wagner group. A group of mercenaries that have been fighting all around the world army for hire ($10K a month)... 50k in Ukraine. Maybe half that after casualties. But it ended shortly after it began Prigozhin stopped the march as the two sides came to an agreement. (NY Times) 24-hour Revolt by Wagner Mercenaries Undermines Putin's Authority. Frederick H. White, Professor of Russian and Integrated Studies at UVU joins the show to discuss the history of Putin and Prigozhin and what this means for Putin’s political power. 

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