Putin and his allies seek to recast Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s abortive uprising as a demonstration of Russia’s unity behind the Kremlin. “These events have shown how consolidated society is around the president,” a Kremlin spokesman said.
“The level of consolidation of society, political parties, the military, our servicemen, civil and religious figures, believers and so on around the president is very high,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday, per state media. “These events have shown how consolidated society is around the president.
“We gave a master class on how it should have been done on Feb. 24, 2022 [when Russia invaded Ukraine],” Prigozhin said on social media after breaking off the operation. “We did not have the goal of overthrowing the existing regime and the legally elected government.” Russian officials justified their failure to thwart Prigozhin’s march at the outset as a conscious decision to prioritize the protection of the capital.
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