The Russian military still suffers from poor communication, coordination and leadership, but most of all, analysts say, from a morale-sapping lack of accountability.
Prosecutors urged that the police officer who fatally shot a teenage driver outside Paris be investigated for voluntary homicide. The killing has reignited anger in France at police violence, especially against people of color.
Debris from the Titan was returned to land off Newfoundland, nearly a week after an international search-and-rescue effort for the vessel ended and its five passengers were presumed dead.
As President Vladimir V. Putin emphasized Russian unity after a brief uprising, the Kremlin’s spokesman said a New York Times report that a top general knew of the revolt beforehand was “gossip.”
The shooting of a teenage driver in a suburb of Paris fed into longstanding complaints about the French police. Protesters burned cars and clashed with riot officers.
Russia’s president may want to punish anyone with ties to Yevgeny Prigozhin, but it’s easier said than done. The Wagner leader had substantial links to Russia’s ruling elite.