Stevenson’s army, June 25

– US intelligence says it warned senior officials of Prigozhin’s plot on Wed, and told the chosen few in Congress on Thurs, according to NYT.  They also bragged to WaPo.

– WaPo also tells how Russia clamped down on the media during the crisis.

– What does it mean? Weakened Putin, uncertainty in Ukraine, read David Ignatius and Tom Nichols.

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