Prigozhin’s death latest in a series of unsolved murders in Putin’s Russia. What’s next?

The death of an opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin is not something new in history.

More than 20 critics and opponents of Putin have been murdered or died in suspicious circumstances since 2000.

However, the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group and once a confidant of Putin, is seen by some analysts as a watershed moment.

This is the first time when a member of Putin’s inner circle was supposedly killed. Some see it as a clear sign of a split in the political elite.

Opinions differ on the consequences of Prigozhin’s death for Russia’s political…