
Despite its powerful image, Russia's regime remains fragile. In June 2023, the Wagner mutiny revealed a demobilised civil society and a lack of public defence for Putin, unlike the 1991 coup against Gorbachev. Historian Donnacha Ó Beacháin explains why Russia may be quietly waiting for change from the top.
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