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The Burn Bag Podcast
Prigozhin’s Covert Success: An Analysis of the Wagner Group’s Leader and the Situation in Ukraine with Verkhovna Rada Chief of Staff Andrii Bondarenko
This week, The Burn Bag's new co-host Christina Oh interviews Andrii Bondarenko, Chief of Staff for Oleksiy Goncharenko in the Ukrainian Parliament. Andrii discusses his unique views on Prigozhin’s short-lived uprising as a covert success and his maintained influence and popularity in Russian social media channels. We also discuss President Zelenskyy’s continued aspirations to join NATO’s ranks, and the stark reality of these ambitions following the conclusion of the war. Andrii provides further insight into the Ukrainian populace’s rising negative sentiments regarding China and Iran, and the nation’s increasing regard for democratic values globally.