Monday Briefing: The future of Wagner

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It’s great to be back. We’re covering the future of the Wagner private military company and fallout from Zimbabwe’s elections. Plus: Writers describe their most delicious vices. A memorial in Moscow for Yevgeny Prigozhin.Nanna Heitmann for The New York Times A leaderless future for the Wagner military company Wagner, the once-powerful Russian private military company that fell out of favor with the Kremlin after an aborted mutiny in June, has been cast into uncertainty. [The Russian authorities have confirmed the death](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmzq-lP0T0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vbGl2ZS8yMDIzLzA4LzI3L3dvcmxkL3J1c3NpYS11a3JhaW5lLXdhci1uZXdzP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUxJmVtYz1lZGl0X21iZV8yMDIzMDgyOCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMDEzMDcmbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyUzQS1ldXJvcGUtZWRpdGlvbiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTQzMDUzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpk56Uq7GSnmu8pUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) of the group’s leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, in a plane crash, and Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, has sent mixed signals on his plans for Wagner. Attention is now shifting to whether Wagner, which Prigozhin built into a global empire over nearly a decade, ultimately will die, too. The Kremlin is believed to be considering ways to bring Wagner under more direct control, experts say, but hasn’t made any final decisions on what to do with the group and its trained fighters, geopolitical inroads and business interests. Wagner fighters are already joining volunteer formations, as well as official units, under the Russian armed forces. Analysis: “I think that PMC Wagner, in itself, as a structure, most likely won’t exist,” said Aleksandr Borodai, a member of the Russian Parliament who briefly served in 2014 as a Moscow-installed proxy leader in Donetsk, Ukraine. In other news from the war: - Russia said Ukraine fired a string of drones over the weekend [in an attempt to attack border regions and Moscow](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmzq-lP4QFAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjMvMDgvMjcvd29ybGQvZXVyb3BlL3J1c3NpYS11a3JhaW5lLXdhci5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUxJmVtYz1lZGl0X21iZV8yMDIzMDgyOCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMDEzMDcmbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyUzQS1ldXJvcGUtZWRpdGlvbiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTQzMDUzJnNtaWQ9dXJsLXNoYXJlJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpk56Uq7GSnmu8pUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~). - Remarks by Nicolas Sarkozy, the former president of France, [have raised fears that Europe’s pro-Putin chorus may grow louder](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmzq-lP4QIAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjMvMDgvMjcvd29ybGQvZXVyb3BlL2Zvcm1lci1mcmVuY2gtcHJlc2lkZW50LXZvaWNlLXJ1c3NpYS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUxJmVtYz1lZGl0X21iZV8yMDIzMDgyOCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMDEzMDcmbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyUzQS1ldXJvcGUtZWRpdGlvbiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTQzMDUzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpk56Uq7GSnmu8pUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~), as Ukraine’s plodding counteroffensive puts pressure on Western resolve. - “He has blood on his hands”: People in a Ukrainian village [destroyed by Wagner mercenary forces](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmzq-lP4QDAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjMvMDgvMjYvd29ybGQvZXVyb3BlL3VrcmFpbmUtcnVzc2lhLXByaWdvemhpbi13YWduZXIuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9tYmVfMjAyMzA4MjgmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTAxMzA3Jm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmclM0EtZXVyb3BlLWVkaXRpb24mcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE0MzA1MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZOelKuxkp5rvKVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) reflected on Prigozhin’s brutality. Supporters of Zimbabwe’s president celebrating after he was declared winner.Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/Associated Press African nations cast doubt on Zimbabwe’s elections Zimbabwe’s neighbors in southern Africa have for the first time [publicly questioned the legitimacy of the country’s elections](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmzq-lP4QAAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjMvMDgvMjcvd29ybGQvYWZyaWNhL3ppbWJhYndlLWVsZWN0aW9ucy1tbmFuZ2Fnd2EuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9tYmVfMjAyMzA4MjgmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTAxMzA3Jm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmclM0EtZXVyb3BlLWVkaXRpb24mcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE0MzA1MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZOelKuxkp5rvKVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) last week, after a vote that kept the governing party in power. President Emmerson Mnangagwa has brushed off the criticism. “Those who feel the race was not run properly should know where to go to complain,” he said. Southern Africa has long prided itself on relative stability and on being generally free of the coups and terrorism that have plagued other parts of the continent. But Zimbabwe has been seen as a drag on the region, analysts say, with a decades-long economic and political crisis that has led to sanctions and isolation by the U.S. and other Western nations. Details: The Southern African Development Community observer mission criticized voter intimidation in Zimbabwe, mismanagement by its electoral body and laws that restricted free speech. Construction in Fustat, the most ancient district of Cairo.Sima Diab for The New York Times Egypt razes historic treasures and green spaces The government in Egypt has [destroyed ancient tombs](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmzq-lP4QQAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjMvMDgvMjYvd29ybGQvbWlkZGxlZWFzdC9lZ3lwdC1jYWlyby1jaXR5LWNvbnN0cnVjdGlvbi1kZW1vbGl0aW9uLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfbWJlXzIwMjMwODI4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwMTMwNyZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJTNBLWV1cm9wZS1lZGl0aW9uJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNDMwNTMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmTnpSrsZKea7ylSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~), gardens and a growing number of historic but shabby working-class neighborhoods, as developers in Cairo work to build concrete high-rises. Families who have lived in the sprawling Egyptian capital for generations are being pushed to its fringes. President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is fast modernizing the unruly city of 22 million people into a place of efficient uniformity — at a cost. “There is not a single place in Egypt that has not been touched by the hand of development,” he said in a recent speech. 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From Opinion - David French describes how [the worst tidings can sometimes transform](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmzq-lP0T7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOC8yNy9vcGluaW9uL2ZhbWlseS10b2dldGhlci1oZWFsdGgtc2NhcmUuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9tYmVfMjAyMzA4MjgmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTAxMzA3Jm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmclM0EtZXVyb3BlLWVkaXRpb24mcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE0MzA1MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZOelKuxkp5rvKVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) into the greatest joy. - [Stepping into Raymond Chandler’s shoes](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmzq-lP4QKAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjMvMDgvMjYvb3Bpbmlvbi9yYXltb25kLWNoYW5kbGVyLXBoaWxpcC1tYXJsb3dlLWRlbmlzZS1taW5hLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfbWJlXzIwMjMwODI4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwMTMwNyZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJTNBLWV1cm9wZS1lZGl0aW9uJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNDMwNTMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmTnpSrsZKea7ylSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) showed Denise Mina the power of fiction. - Donald Trump’s fate belongs in [the hands of 12 ordinary citizens](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmzq-lP0T8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOC8yNy9vcGluaW9uL3RydW1wLXByb3NlY3V0aW9uLWp1cnktY291cnRzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTEmZW1jPWVkaXRfbWJlXzIwMjMwODI4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwMTMwNyZubD1tb3JuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJTNBLWV1cm9wZS1lZGl0aW9uJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNDMwNTMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmTnpSrsZKea7ylSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~), Jesse Wegman says. - President Vladimir Putin of Russia had [every reason to want Yevgeny Prigozhin gone](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmzq-lP0T0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOC8yNi9vcGluaW9uL3ByaWdvemhpbi1kZWF0aC1wdXRpbi5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUxJmVtYz1lZGl0X21iZV8yMDIzMDgyOCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMDEzMDcmbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyUzQS1ldXJvcGUtZWRpdGlvbiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTQzMDUzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpk56Uq7GSnmu8pUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~), Tatiana Stanovaya writes. A Morning Read Dave Sanders for The New York Times A distinctive 16-foot clock, decorated in gold, was [installed on a sidewalk of Fifth Avenue, one of Manhattan’s busiest streets](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmzq-lP0T1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOC8yNy9ueXJlZ2lvbi90cnVtcC10b3dlci1jbG9jay1ueWMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9tYmVfMjAyMzA4MjgmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTAxMzA3Jm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmclM0EtZXVyb3BlLWVkaXRpb24mcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE0MzA1MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZOelKuxkp5rvKVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD), by the Trump Organization, which did so without applying for a permit or paying a fee. City inspectors never noticed. Now, more than a decade later, they would like to be paid for allowing it to occupy part of a public sidewalk. SPORTS NEWS Surprising normalcy: The Formula 1 superstar Max Verstappen discusses [keeping his feet on the ground](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmzq-lP0T1aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVhdGhsZXRpYy5jb20vNDc5NzY2Ni8yMDIzLzA4LzIzL21heC12ZXJzdGFwcGVuLWZvcm11bGEtb25lLz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9tYmVfMjAyMzA4MjgmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTAxMzA3Jm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmclM0EtZXVyb3BlLWVkaXRpb24mcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE0MzA1MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZOelKuxkp5rvKVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD). U.S. Open: Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula are [entering the tournament](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmzq-lP0T4aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOC8yNy9zcG9ydHMvdGVubmlzL3Vzb3Blbi1nYXVmZi1wZWd1bGEuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9tYmVfMjAyMzA4MjgmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTAxMzA3Jm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmclM0EtZXVyb3BlLWVkaXRpb24mcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE0MzA1MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZOelKuxkp5rvKVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) on a roll. Women’s World Cup: FIFA suspended Luis Rubiales, president of Spain’s soccer federation, amid an investigation after [he kissed a player on the lips after Spain’s victory](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmzq-lP0T3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOC8yNy93b3JsZC9ldXJvcGUvc3BhaW4tbHVpcy1ydWJpYWxlcy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUxJmVtYz1lZGl0X21iZV8yMDIzMDgyOCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMDEzMDcmbmw9bW9ybmluZy1icmllZmluZyUzQS1ldXJvcGUtZWRpdGlvbiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTQzMDUzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpk56Uq7GSnmu8pUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~). ARTS AND IDEAS Being a little bit bad The Times’s Opinion section asked writers to come clean about the vices that bring them joy. Here is a selection — or [read the full list](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmzq-lP4QAAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tL2ludGVyYWN0aXZlLzIwMjMvMDgvMjUvb3Bpbmlvbi9iYWQtcGxlYXN1cmVzLXZpcnR1ZXMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9tYmVfMjAyMzA4MjgmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTAxMzA3Jm5sPW1vcm5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmclM0EtZXVyb3BlLWVkaXRpb24mcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE0MzA1MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZOelKuxkp5rvKVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD). “I keep my Facebook account active for the sole purpose of stalking figures from my past. Their lives are slow-motion serial dramas that I investigate assiduously. No more pictures of the spouse? Let’s take a closer look.” — Melissa Febos, author, professor and usually good at minding her own business. “Gossiping is a habit I inherited from my mother, who is the biggest gossip I know. It is a pleasure I now share with my husband. 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