What is POLITICO Pro? Policy areas Our Pro coverage Request a demo Contact us Voiced by artificial intelligence. His seeking of the limelight and his constant denouncing of Russia’s top commanders for mismanaging the war has added to the personality politics splintering the Russian war effort — and the top generals appear to have tired of it, fearing Prigozhin is disrupting their efforts to improve battlefield coordination of their forces. She noted that Gerasimov’s transfer to Ukraine has “drastically reduced Wagner’s autonomy and seriously changed Prigozhin’s relationship with state agencies