Russia’s rebellious mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin walked free from prosecution for his June 24 armed mutiny, and it’s still unclear if anyone will face any charges in the brief uprising against the military or for the deaths of the soldiers killed in it. Instead, a campaign appears to be underway to portray the Wagner Group founder as driven by greed, with only hints of an investigation into whether he mishandled some of the billions of dollars in state funds. The rebellion that shook Russians and rattled the Kremlin underscores what one official calls the erosion of the country's legal system.
