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Mikhail Zygar: Is Putin in a vulnerable position?

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The Afghani Prigotian and the Wagner Group Are Still Inside Belarus

The Belarusian defence ministry says that the Wagner group is now actually inside Belarus. Do they still pose a threat to Putin, because they've clearly not been dismantled? I don't think that they pose the threat, because we know that until recently or maybe even now, the Afghani Prigotian is still in Russia. There is no criminal investigation against him. He is very comfortable staying in Russia. Why is that? Is it because Putin doesn't deem him a threat or because Putin is too weak to try and move against him? No, no. Putin is like he's weaker, but he's not that weak. He's still the only person running Russia.

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