Russia is “in chaos”, “the Russia we knew is over”, “Russian power is over” and this “chaos” is potentially “spreading globally”. From Russia to the Far East, from Russia to North Africa. With “impacts” that go through all of Europe. Francesco Sisci, an expert on geopolitics, argues with Adnkronos after Russian leader Vladimir Putin described the armed uprising launched by Yevgeny Prigozhin as “a stab in the back of our troops and Russia”, spoke of “serious treacheries” and assured that this was the Case is responsible “will pay for it”. “It’s clear,” says Sisci, “that we’re in a situation of civil war and chaos and we don’t know when and how we’re going to get out of this or how far this chaos is going to spread.” And he adds: “The war in Ukraine is now practically over”, regardless of “who will win the game in Russia”, more than a year has passed since the Russian invasion, which Putin described on February 24 last year as an “operation special military”.
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“The front with Ukraine could collapse in the next few hours, in the next few days,” observes the expert. “A country cannot wage a civil war and an external war at the same time, and Ukraine will be the political protagonist of European politics.” With the consequence of a “reshuffling of many cards”. Even in our house. “The main man who supported Putin in Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, is dead” and the Russian leader “is in deep trouble,” observes Sisci. “Italian Putinians Matteo Salvini and Giuseppe Conte are more isolated today and therefore more in trouble,” he says, and the question is whether this will affect the Italian balance.”