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It’s been one year since mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin mounted his brief armed rebellion in Russia, directly challenging Vladimir Putin’s rule. The leader of the Kremlin-sponsored Wagner Group seized a military headquarters in the south and began marching toward Moscow to oust the Defence Ministry’s leaders. For months in 2023, Prigozhin complained bitterly about the military brass denying his forces the ammunition that he said was in too short supply in Ukraine. In open political infighting, he blasted then-Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and General Staff chief General Valery Gerasimov in…