Morning Update: Aborted Wagner rebellion reveals Putin’s weakness inside Russia

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Good morning, Vladimir Putin survived an astonishing challenge to his power over the weekend, with Wagner mercenary group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin calling off his munity in a deal that will see him go into exile in Belarus and his forces return to base or be absorbed into the Russian military, all without punishment. As The Globe’s Mark MacKinnon writes, Putin may have weathered the storm, but the uprising was the biggest threat to his power he has faced in 24 years as either president or prime minister of the Russian Federation and he has never looked weaker than he does...