The Wagner Group’s uprising was a surprising challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s grasp on power. Igor Khrestin, the George W. Bush Institute’s Bradford M. Freeman Managing Director of Global Policy, joins host Krys Boyd for a conversation about current events in Russia – from the insurgency to the war in Ukraine.
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