Putin and Prigozhin avert bloodshed, but their feud is not over | Andrew Roth

Though they’ve avoided open bloodshed, it is hard to imagine that Vladimir Putin and Yevgeny Prigozhin will ever be reconciled. The Russian leader has a political motive to deal harshly with his maverick warlord or risk appearing weak, a cardinal sin in Kremlin politics. And the Russian leader has never been known as one to forgive a betrayal.

The extraordinary events of the past 48 hours – Prigozhin’s armed mutiny, Putin’s call for “brutal” reprisals, an 11th-hour peace deal –…