We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets.
CNN —“It is a stab in the back of our country and our people,” Russian President Vladimir Putin told his nation Saturday as he faced an unprecedented challenge from his former ally, Yevgeny Prighozin, head of the Wagner mercenary group.
“The Russians were not stabbed in the back during World War I, as Putin suggested during his remarks on Saturday,” wrote Peter Bergen.
Sound familiar?”“A keen student of Russian history, Putin is aware of the stakes here.
The Wagner force served the Russian president as a useful tool he could control for foreign adventures.
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CNN, Soviet, Kremlin, US, Quinnipiac University, Justice Department, GOP, Republicans, Trump, Agency
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Russia, Moscow, Belarus, Ukraine, “, Europe, Alaska