British Spy Master Says Putin Cut Deal With Wagner Mercenary Chief

From a New York Times story by Megan Specia and Julian E. Barnes headlined “British Spy Master Says Putin Cut Deal With Wagner Mercenary Chief”:

The chief of Britain’s intelligence agency, MI6, said on Wednesday that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had “cut a deal” with Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner mercenary group, during Mr. Prigozhin’s failed rebellion last month.

The comments from Richard Moore, the head of MI6, in a rare speech in Prague at an event hosted by Politico, offer insights from a Western intelligence official into the stunning but short-lived revolt by Mr. Prigozhin last month.