In this week's episode, Mr. Adam Barker breaks down all the events from last week's attempted coup in Russia. He explained who Wagner (Prigozhin) is and why Prigozhin attempted the coup? Why did the coup fail? What is Prigozhin up to now? What was Lukashenko's role? What does the coup mean for Putin?

Mr. Barker says he was surprised when it happened and the way it happened, but that he was not surprised that it happened. He added that he could tell that it was coming. The coup attempt in Russia was done by a man named Yevgeny Prigozhin who is the owner of a corporation called the Concord Group that has various businesses; one of them is providing food for the Russian military and later he expanded to actual physical military security forces or, as we call it in the Western world, private security personnel such as bodyguards for celebrities, media personalities etc., and eventually mercenaries for military operations outside of Russia. 

Mr. Barker thinks that Prigozhin launched the coup because the war in Ukraine did not go the way anybody had planned or thought. He added that the coup failed because Prigozhin launched it with the understanding that if he did he would receive support from certain elements within the Russian military but during the course of that day the support didn't come through.

Please listen to the full podcast to hear more insights from our resident historian Mr. Adam Barker and to get more information as to why the coup failed and what is its significance.

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