In what ranks as perhaps the strangest sequence of events in memory, early Saturday, Yevgeny Prigozhin turned on his long-time benefactor, Vladimir Putin, and declared his intention of ousting senior military leaders and perhaps Putin himself, an act he characterized as patriotic. Twenty-four hours later, the whole enterprise was canceled, courtesy of peacemaking efforts by Belarus President, Alexander Lukashenko. In effect, Prigozhin said, “never mind.”