Editorial cartoons for July 2, 2023: Putin exposed, submersible found

Russian leader Vladimir Putin headed off an armed confrontation with the leader of a mercenary group in his employ — but at the cost of appearing weak. Editorial cartoonists made sport of Putin’s embarrassment at the hands of Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner Group. Nick Anderson leads the gallery with Putin’s mighty flex exposing his boxer shorts.

Bill Bramhall evokes imagery from Mario Puzo’s “The Godfather.” Jack Ohman portrays Putin and Prighozhin as operatic divas and Putin as “unplugged” from an electrical outlet. Drew Sheneman’s Putin is a circus ringmaster being bossed around by the bear. David Horsey cleverly updates the lyrics of the Beatles’ “Back in the USSR.”