Although the Wagner mercenary forces led by Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin have reportedly halted their assault on Moscow, the threat has revealed the fragility of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime, said Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
“What we’ve seen is Russia having to defend Moscow, its capital, against mercenaries of his own making,” the secretary continued. “So in and of itself, that’s extraordinary. And in so doing, we’ve also seen rise to the surface profound questions about the very premises for this Russian aggression against Ukraine, that Prigozhin surfaced very publicly, as well as a direct challenge to Putin’s authority.
So, I think we’ve seen more cracks emerge in the Russian façade. It is too soon to tell exactly where they go and when they get there. But certainly, we have all sorts of new questions that Putin is going to have to address in the weeks and months ahead.”Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks with CNN's Dana Bash on the abandoned mutiny of the Wagner Group in Russia and what this could mean for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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