Keren Yarhi-Milo writes that Ukraine’s allies must focus on increasing military and economic support while avoiding personal attacks on Vladimir Putin — who could respond by making the war even more brutal and unpredictable.

“The Russian military intelligence agency has been trying to take control over the Wagner forces that have been located in Syria," Kimberly Marten tells Here and Now, "and they have made trips to Africa in an attempt to gain control there too.” 

Anya Schiffrin said "the increase in polarization, the availability of guns and the virality of white supremacy is, tragically, a hallmark of political culture in the U.S.”

Kimberly Marten said “all the indications that we have is that this was a Russian military operation to take out Prigozhin.”

Kimberly Marten surveys Russia’s private militia scene in this audio program.

Kimberly Marten said the crash was not unexpected — “We know that Putin takes revenge on people who are disloyal,” she explained.

Kimberly Marten says the Wagner Group's leader “was a convenient person for Putin to have gotten out of the way so that other people in the Kremlin can take over the business.”

Jason Bordoff says the market has rewarded prominent energy companies that have walked back on “commitments they made to move away from oil and gas and toward clean energy.”

Takatoshi Ito writes: “China’s real-estate sector is buckling under the weight of falling prices, a huge and growing inventory of unsold units, and highly indebted developers.”