US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the brief insurrection in Russia led by the Wagner paramilitary group shows 'cracks' in Russian President Vladimir Putin's role as a leader of the country.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the brief insurrection in Russia led by the Wagner paramilitary group shows "cracks" in Russian President Vladimir Putin's role as a leader of the country.in Russia led by the Wagner paramilitary group shows "cracks" in Russian President Vladimir Putin's role as a leader of the country.
The comments from the nation's top diplomat underscore the short-lived intensity of a crisis that started when Yevegeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Group, marched his fighters toward Moscow, taking control of Russian military facilities along the way. US intelligence had painted a grim picture, with the expectation that Prigozhin's march toward Moscow would encounter much more resistance and be "a lot more bloody than it was," according to one US official.
Though tensions have deescalated, Putin may be more exposed than he has been in the last 23 years following the attempted insurrection, according to former CIA Director David Petraeus.
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