Comment on the Article “’Arrest’ of Russian Deputy Commander and Local Reports: Possible Involvement in the Wagner Rebellion” [in Japanese]
On June 29, 2023, Asahi Shimbun introduced a comment by Professor Maiko Ichihara at the Graduate School of Law on the article “’ Arrest’ of Russian Deputy Commander and Local Reports: Possible Involvement in the Wagner Rebellion.” This article discusses the suspicion of the arrest of Vice Commander Surovikin of the Russian military, who was for his alleged cooperation with Prigozhin in the Wagner rebellion. Professor Ichihara commented on how the rebellion exposed the vulnerability of the Putin regime. She also mentioned the possibility of Putin, who needs to demonstrate his strength, expanding the targets of crackdowns in the future. Consequently, Putin could face a further large-scale backlash.
