Robert Reich: Putin, Trump, And The Privatization Of Tyranny – OpEd

I’m no Russia expert, but I do know something about tyrants (I’ll get to Trump in a moment), and I doubt Yevgeny Prigozhin has mounted a fatal challenge to Putin’s authority.

I say this because of the roles Putin has asked Prigozhin to play, and the dependence of each man on the other. 

Why did Putin authorize...