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Editorial: Murder of warlord Prigozhin reveals Putin as the new Stalin
No tears need be shed for the president’s former henchman, but his killing reveals just how far Russia has fallen into chaos and repression of dissent
Something terrible is happening in Russia. The plane crash in which the warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin was presumed killed last week testifies to how far that great nation has fallen. A year-and-a-half after its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, it is on a path to catastrophe under the violent totalitarian grip of Vladimir Putin.
Prigozhin was the leader of the Wagner militia group, which has waged war on Putin’s behalf and on his dime in Ukraine, Syria ...
