Foreign Affairs: “Among the many lingering questions about Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin’s rebellion is why Russia’s vast security apparatus was so poorly prepared for it. The FSB, the Kremlin’s main internal security service, has long placed a heavy emphasis on ‘prevention’ and taking aggressive steps to preempt any threats to the state before they occur.
The security agency even had informants within the Wagner organization.”“Yet it seems to have taken no action to stop the mutiny before it started or to warn the Kremlin about Prigozhin’s plans.”