Russia Remains On The Brink Of Civil War

Despite having quelled a mutiny, Russia is still not far from the edge of a civil war. The conflict between Wagner's head Prigozhin and Putin’s defense ministry is reconcilable only in the form of a major concession to Prigozhin that would give him power Putin will not want him to have. This was only the first mutiny, and likely not the last. By way of context, Wagner mercenaries (with zero resistance) made their way from their positions in Ukraine across the border to Rostov-on-Don (in southern Russia). There, they took control of Russian…