The sudden reversal of Wagner Group's heel-turn on Russian leadership has done little to lift a cloud of uncertainty around the situation. Experts discuss 7⃣ remaining questions from the weekend's events:
"I think this silence reflects the uncertainty of these officials," said Marie Dumoulin, director, wider Europe program, at the European Council on Foreign Relations think tank.
Video on social media showed billboards of the PMC that advertise for recruits being hastily taken down in the immediate aftermath of the mutiny. "We can infer that Wagner is just too valuable to the regime to be disbanded completely," said Faintuch."Wagner is vital for promoting Russian influence in Africa and the Middle East, as well as for sanctions evasion.
The Wagner boss tried to contact Putin around midday Saturday, after the Russian leader had denounced him. However, Putin did not want to speak with him, Meduza reported, adding that Prigozhin realized he had"gone too far."
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