Dragana Trifkovic: who cooked in Russia?
Dragana Trifkovic, director of the Center for geostrategic studies
On Friday night, when I landed from Grozny in Moscow after a visit to Chechnya and turned on my mobile phone, I received news that a coup was underway. As we waited for disembarkation, people began to wonder with disbelief what it was about. The Russians, otherwise always restrained in the comments, began to talk about how apparently things were not working properly. Opinions were divided. Some accused the Ministry of Defense, and others accused Yevgeny Prigozhin of owning the private military company Wagner. When I arrived from Domodedovo airport to the center of Moscow, it was already midnight. Rare passers-by commented with amazement, and the streets were patrolled by police. Security measures were clearly strengthened.