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Wagner PMC founder Yevgeny Prigozhin leaves a cemetery before the funeral of a Russian military blogger who was killed in a bomb attack in a St Petersburg cafe, in Moscow, Russia.
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How popular is Yevgeny Prigozhin in Russia?

Vladimir Putin's character assassination of the Wagner boss has begun.

Cutouts of Yevgeny Prigozhin and Vladimir Putin on a textured background of Wagner fighters and the Kremlin
by ian bremmer

Russia’s aborted coup, explained

What was Prigozhin thinking, and why did he stop before getting to Moscow? Why did Putin negotiate a surrender instead of just killing Prigozhin, and what are the implications for Putin and Russia going forward? Ian Bremmer weighs in ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a televised address in Moscow.
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So Putin survived — now what?

It's unclear how the fallout might affect the future of the man who’s called the shots for 23+ years in Russia.