Prigozhin erupts: Has a Russian succession struggle begun?

The Wagner chief’s furious attack on elites and the war could portend turmoil with potential to extend well beyond Moscow.
Is the post-Putin era in Russia at hand? Probably not yet, barring an unlikely collapse of Russian forces in Ukraine. But a furious public attack on Russia’s entire war effort and its elites by Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the private Russian militia group “Wagner,” is a sign that some Russian factions are beginning to position themselves for a struggle over who might succeed the Kremlin leader.