Blood and Butter: Why Russia’s Economy is Falling Faster Than Prigozhin’s Plane

What will happen to Wagner without Prigozhin? And can Russia continue to isolate itself from the economic chaos its war has created? Ray Suarez speaks with Catherine Belton, The Washington Post’s Russia reporter, about the mercenary organization’s future and the price Russians — ordinary and oligarch — are paying for Putin’s power plays.

 

Guest:

 

Catherine Belton, international investigative reporter for The Washington Post and author of “Putin's People” 

 

Host:  

 

Ray Suarez

 

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