Putin losing grip to Wagner and France's policing promblem

<p>Yevgeny Prigozhin cheered as he suddenly lifted his occupation of Rostov-on-Don last Saturday night and aborted his Wagner group's march on Moscow... a challenge unseen by the Kremlin since the failed 1991 coup attempt against Mihael Gorbatchev. Back then, state television played the ballet Swan Lake. This time, extensive coverage of Silvio Berlusconi's ten-day old funeral. And France is in shock after first, a viral video shows an officer shoot and kill a 17-year old in the Western suburb of Nanterre. In scenes reminiscent of the three weeks of rioting back in 2005, nightly clashes have engulfed the country's working class suburbs. No state of emergency yet but the same president who called the killing of Nahel inexplicable and inexcusable now turns his sights on the violence.</p>