Vladimir thought he could seize Ukraine in just a few days. But now, suddenly, his grip on power in Russia itself is wobbling after 48 hours of chaos.Even after the sudden decision of the rebel leader, , to turn back his troops from their march on Moscow, the brutal truth is that this mutiny has dramatically destabilised Putin’s 23-year tenure in the Kremlin. It could collapse now that his aura of invincibility and control has been shattered beyond repair.For two decades, the 70-year-old’s word has been law in . Yet the decision of his former protege Prigozhin to rise up against his master, combined with the Ukrainians’ heroic resistance to invasion, have exposed how incompetent and corrupt his military machine is.
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