After the Wagner rebellion, Putin’s rivals are likely eyeing his throne


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Open this photo in gallery: Members of the Wagner Group military company load a tank onto a truck in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on June 24.The Associated Press Nina L. Khrushcheva is a professor of international affairs at the New School and the co-author of In Putin’s Footsteps: Searching for the Soul of an Empire Across Russia’s Eleven Time Zones. Yevgeny Prigozhin may have called off his attempted coup just before his Wagner Group mercenaries reached Moscow, but the rebellion may nonetheless have fatally undermined Vladimir Putin’s regime. Days, weeks, or even months might pass before the cracks are fully exposed, but...