Anne ApplebaumJun 25, 2023

"This was the most remarkable aspect of the whole day: Nobody seemed to mind, particularly, that a brutal new warlord had arrived to replace the existing regime—not the security services, not the army, and not the general public"

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/06/putin-caught-in-his-own-trap/674524/

Russians Didn’t Care Enough to Save Putin

After spending years cultivating public apathy, the Russian president found his people indifferent to his fate.

The Atlantic
Show threadBenjamin

@anneapplebaum I have two other big take-aways.

1. Reports are Putin fled Moscow. To the extent that he needs to look like a “strong man”, he now looks cowardly and impotent.

2. Wagner sure made an actual coup look easy. The next group considering one will be a little more confident.

Jun 25, 2023 at 4:20pmWeb