2023 in Review: Will a short-lived mutiny be the end of Russia’s Wagner Group?

As the year wraps up, we're looking back at ten of the episodes that defined our year at The Take. This originally aired on June 27.

After the events of the last few days, there seems to be no place for Wagner anymore in President Vladimir Putin’s Russia. This weekend, the mercenaries began a shocking new march, not towards Ukraine, but to Moscow. While an apparent compromise has been reached, questions remain about how this happened as quickly as it did, what it means for Russia's leadership, and how it could reshape the war in Ukraine.

In this episode:  

Niko Vorobyov (@Narco_Polo420), Freelance Journalist

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Miranda Lin, David Enders and our host Kevin Hirten.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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