The downing of mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin\u0027s plane has bolstered Russian President Vladimir Putin\u0027s position as a strongman leader.
Putin’s agreement to lift criminal charges against Prigozhin over his attempted mutiny in June, allowing him safe passage to Belarus and then even granting him a Kremlin audience, had shattered the Kremlin’s carefully crafted image of a ruthless president and invited questions over whether others — or even Prigozhin — could mount a fresh challenge.
“I don’t think anyone wants to speak out against the war after this,” said one Russian billionaire, who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of being targeted by the state. “Everyone should now understand what the risks are. They are gigantic,” he said, adding he was taking extra measures to boost his security.Article content
A new climate of fear in Russia will further entrench Putin’s grip on power. But it could also eradicate the few remaining independent channels of information reaching Putin about the direction of the war, leaving the Russian president ever more isolated, experts said..
Prigozhin was also supported by a new generation of military bloggers, who had gained Putin’s ear as he sought out alternative sources of information about the invasion’s progress. But according to Kremlin-connected political analyst Sergei Markov, a new era of “military censorship” is set to begin, while Prigozhin’s top-ranking supporters among the military, such as air force Gen. Sergei Surovikin, are being removed from their posts.
Prigozhin was among 10 passengers — including presumably innocent crew members — on an aircraft whose plummeting fuselage might have endangered dozens or hundreds of ordinary citizens in the plane’s flight path. Boris Nemtsov, a physicist-turned-crusader against alleged corruption surrounding Putin, was killed while crossing a bridge near the Kremlin in 2015 with four shots fired into his back.
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