Putin's Creature Turns Against Him: Russia President Vladimir Putin is show tangled in puppet strings as he tries to control Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is the head of the Wagner mercenary group that Putin had hired to help invade Ukraine.
Credit: Patrick Chappatte, The Boston Globe, Der Spiegel, Le Canard Enchaîné, Le Temps and NZZ am Sonntag / CTNewsJunkie via Cagle Cartoons / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Over the weekend the world watched as Yevgeny Prigozhin, commander of the Wagner mercenary group hired by Russia President Vladimir Putin to help invade Ukraine, turned his troops toward Moscow after Putin had issued a warrant for his arrest. After getting halfway to Moscow with little resistance, a deal was brokered to allow him to go to Belarus, Prigozhin stood down and returned his troops to their camps. In the second cartoon, US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is depicted taking a fishing trip on a private jet, which was based on this latest revelation reported by ProPublica. Editorial cartoons by Patrick Chappatte and R.J. Matson.

Private Jetsetter Justice Alito: US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito his show stepping into the cabin of a private jet with three men on board, two of which are wearing fishing hats. One shirt says "Alaska" and the man his holding a "Fishing" magazine. One seat is open, labeled "Ethics." A passenger says, "Take this seat that otherwise would be unoccupied..."
Credit: R.J. Matson, CQ Roll Call / CTNewsJunkie via Cagle Cartoons / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Patrick Chappatte was an editorial cartoonist for The New York Times until the newspaper terminated them in 2019. He now draws for Counterpoint in the US, as well as European media Der Spiegel, Le Canard Enchaîné, Le Temps and NZZ am Sonntag. His work is distributed by Cagle Cartoons.

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R.J. Matson draws editorial cartoons for CQ Roll Call. His cartoons are syndicated nationally by Cagle Cartoons.

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