Key takeaways:
- The crisis in Russia ended with an agreement that saw Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner mercenary force, go into exile in Belarus.
- The incident has weakened Putin’s power and has become a defining test of President Joe Biden’s foreign policy decisions in the Russia-Ukraine war.
- The resolution of the crisis will be a key factor in determining the success of Biden’s foreign policy in the 2024 presidential race.
On Sunday, the crisis in Russia that began with a brief armed rebellion against President Vladimir Putin by a mercenary force known as Wagner ended with an agreement that saw the group’s leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, go into exile in Belarus.
The incident has weakened Putin’s power and has become a defining test of President Joe Biden’s foreign policy decisions in the Russia-Ukraine war. The war has been a blood-soaked slog that has sparked dissent from the Wagner mercenary force, and Biden’s support for Ukraine appears to have helped weaken Putin’s grip on power.
Prigozhin will not face prosecution under the terms of the agreement that ended the crisis, and neither he nor Putin have been heard from since the incident. Top Russian military leaders have also remained silent.
The outcome of the crisis is certain to reverberate in the 2024 presidential race, which will offer a referendum of sorts on Biden’s attempt to defang Putin. Biden has previously given an unvarnished glimpse into his thinking about Putin, and the resolution of the crisis will be a key factor in determining the success of his foreign policy.
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