Evening Update: Wagner’s abortive rebellion could trigger winds of change in Russia and Eastern Europe

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Good evening, let’s start with today’s top stories: Last weekend’s abortive rebellion in Russia is being studied with a mixture of optimism and fear by the region’s other would-be revolutionaries. The fact that Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenaries got within 300 kilometres of Moscow – with the Russian capital looking ill-prepared to resist – has pointed toward the possibility that a future uprising could topple President Vladimir Putin’s regime. Many see these most recent events as reasons for hope. Ukrainians used the distraction in Moscow to make advances in their counteroffensive, while pro-democracy leaders in Belarus were “inspired” and “activated” by the...