Putin hasn’t been seen in public since denouncing the mutiny as 'treason'. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The man who led the insurrection has gone uncharacteristically quiet. The president hasn’t been seen in public since denouncing the mutiny as “treason” and threatening “harsh” punishment that never transpired.
The crisis unfolded amid bitter divisions in Russia over the faltering war in Ukraine that’s the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II,US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Wagner mercenary group’s revolt was a “direct challenge” to Mr Putin’s authority and “raises profound questions”, in an interview Sunday on CBS’s Face the Nation.
to discuss international and regional issues of common interest, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry. The Chinese side expressed support for the Russian leadership’s efforts to stabilise the situation in the country, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a website statement. “Putin had to make concessions and actually surrender, and instead of defeating Prigozhin, he had to negotiate with him and give security guarantees, demonstrating in public his vulnerability,” said Mr Kirill Rogov, a former Russian government advisor who now heads Re:Russia, a Vienna-based think tank. “Previously, Putin absolutely didn’t allow anyone to talk to him in the language of public ultimatums.
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