The Prigozhin Convoy

Sometimes, things are exactly as they appear.

After months of ranting about the incompetence of Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Yevgeny Prigozhin, a warlord and businessman, had enough. On 24 June, he headed towards Moscow in spectacular fashion to make his case heard before Putin and the Russian public. This was not a coup attempt against Putin – Prigozhin studiously avoided criticising Pu…