The Russian army, a major beneficiary of the Wagner revolt

In June 2023, the troops of the Wagner militia led by Yevgeny Prigozhin went into open rebellion. From this crisis of the security apparatus in the midst of the war with Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces came out the big winners.

British historian Lawrence Freedman and his American colleague Timothy Snyder quickly became convinced of the neo-imperialist nature of Russia's aggression against neighboring Ukraine. As connoisseurs of the balance of power within the Russian state and army, they devoted part of their work to unravelling its complexity. In two fundamental articles published as long ago as July and October 2022, the two scientists highlighted the interests of various «power centers» within the Russian state apparatus, whose competition is skilfully orchestrated and arbitrated by President Vladimir Putin. One of these