On Saturday, June 24, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the private military company Wagner Group, announced that he was leading his troops in a rebellion against the Russian government. The move followed a trajectory of deteriorating relations between Prigozhin and the Russian Defense Ministry. Prigozhin has become an increasingly vocal critic of the Ministry’s handling of the invasion of Ukraine, while concerns around Prigozhin’s own political ambitions, outsized public profile in Russia, and influence on the Russian information space have raised alarm bells within the Kremlin.The events of the weekend seem to have been triggered by recent efforts by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to have…
Stephen Buchanan-Clarke
Stephen Buchanan-Clarke
Stephen Buchanan-Clarke is a security analyst with several years' experience working in both conflict and post-conflict settings in Africa, primarily on issues of peace and security; transitional justice and reconciliation; democratisation and governance; and preventing and countering violent extremism. He currently serves as head of the Human Security and Climate Change (HSCC) project at Good Governance Africa and is a co-editor of the Extremisms in Africa anthology series.
