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GZERO 2023 game changers that weren't: Nigerian youth voters, Ron DeSantis, Yevgeny Prigozhin, The Earthquake in Turkey
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2023 game changers that weren’t

What we thought would stir up the political landscape in 2023… but didn’t.

Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Putin breaks his silence on Prigo

Almost 24 hours after the plane presumed to be carrying Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin exploded midair outside Moscow – presumably killing him and Wagner’s top military commander Dmitry Utkin – Vladimir Putin has broken his silence. On Thursday, the Russian leader sent his condolences to the families of the 10 people killed in Wednesday’s massive explosion.

Russian mercenary Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in military gear.
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Wagner's Prigozhin presumed dead

A private aircraft reportedly carrying Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner Group warlord who launched a failed mutiny against the Kremlin back in June, has crashed outside Moscow, killing all 10 aboard, according to Russian state media.

Wagner fighters deployed in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
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Have Wagner fighters gone rogue inside Russia?

Wagner Group guards are seen around CAR President Faustin-Archange Touadera during the referendum campaign in Bangui.
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Wagner to guard CAR referendum

They are the president's praetorian guard to ensure the plebiscite goes off without a hitch.

Founder of Wagner private mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin.
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Prigozhin watch: it gets weirder

Just five days after Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin led his mutinous march towards Moscow, Vladimir Putin met with him and 35 of his lieutenants at a secret Kremlin meeting.

Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin leaves the headquarters of the Southern Military District amid the group's pullout from Rostov, Russia.
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Where the heck is Yevgeny Prigozhin?

Thirteen days and counting – that’s how long it’s been since anyone has seen Yevgeny Prigozhin in public.

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.