The killing of Russia's Wagner Group mercenary chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin, reminds us of Vladimir Putin's essential nature. The Russian president is a calculating and remorseless killer.
The explosion of Prigozhin's aircraft as it flew north of Moscow on Wednesday is deemed by Western intelligence services to be an assassination by Putin. He is certainly celebrating. Claiming ridiculously that he was briefed on the explosion only a day late, on Thursday, the Russian tyrant coldly observed that Prigozhin"was a man of complex fate. And he made mistakes." Putin added that he had"launched an investigation into this incident, and it will be carried out in full. ...
The attack reeks of KGB willingness to destroy innocent lives in a semi-deniable killing of one target. Putin, a former lieutenant colonel in the Soviet spy agency, likes to pay homage to the past in that way. It serves his purposes that his denials are recognizably skimpy. He wants it to be known that he will kill anyone who crosses him. And it is important for Washington to recognize that this is both his nature and his calculation.
Eight months later, Putin invaded Ukraine. Putin has also taken more Americans as hostages so he can extort concessions from Biden. And Russian cyberattacks continue. As the late Sen. John McCain said:"I looked in Mr. Putin’s eyes, and I saw three letters — a K, a G, and B."
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