Armed Rebellion In Russia LIVE: President Putin's Position Is Absolutely Stable, Says Russian Diplomat
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday vowed harsh punishment for the organisers of an armed rebellion spearheaded by mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led his troops out of Ukraine and advanced toward Moscow.
Putin denounced the uprising as "a stab in the back" in an address to the nation. It was the biggest threat to his leadership in over two decades in power.
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Russia’s Special Presidential Representative for International Cultural Cooperation and former Minister of Culture, Mikhail Shvydkoy, says "The current situation in Russia is stable and the contemporary position of President Putin is absolutely stable. We are united when it appears dangerous... A lot of people are now expecting that now there is a good chance of Ukrainian military services but this is not true, the situation is more or less the same"
Russian government troops withdrew from the streets of Moscow and people flocked to parks and cafes Sunday following a short-lived revolt by mercenary forces that weakened President Vladimir Putin and raised questions about his ability to wage war in Ukraine. The march on the capital by Wagner troops led by Yevgeny Prigozhin and the late-night deal that eventually halted it severely dented Putin's reputation as a leader who is willing to ruthlessly punish anyone who challenges his authority.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed the Wagner Group mutiny in Russia with several world leaders on Sunday.
Zelenskyy said he and US President Joe Biden "discussed the course of hostilities and the processes taking place in Russia" among other things.
"Yesterday's events exposed the weakness of Putin's regime," he added.
Russia said on Sunday that China threw its support behind President Vladimir Putin's efforts to stabilise the country after an aborted rebellion against the Kremlin by an army of mercenaries. The Russian Foreign Ministry said China declared support for the leadership in Moscow during a previously unannounced trip to Beijing by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko.
Russia's Wagner mercenaries have left the Lipetsk region after its chief Yevgeny Prigozhin decided to halt his forces' march to Moscow, according to CNN citing the regional government. "Units of PMC "Wagner," which stopped the day before in the Lipetsk region, left the territory of the region," it said on Telegram.
"You will likely ask me why precisely President Lukashenko [became the mediator]? The thing is that Alexander Grigoryevich has known Prigozhin personally for a long time, about 20 years, and this was his personal initiative which was coordinated with President Putin," Peskov said.
The greatest challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin in his more than two decades in power fizzled out after the rebellious mercenary commander who ordered his troops to march on Moscow abruptly reached a deal with the Kremlin to go into exile and sounded the retreat.
Russian Foriegn Affairs Ministry tweeted,“We warn Western countries against undertaking attempts to use the domestic Russian situation to achieve their Russophobic goals. Such attempts would be futile & will find no resonance either in Russia or among reasonable political forces abroad.''
US President Biden spoke with the leaders of the E3 – French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and UK PM Rishi Sunak- on the situation in Russia. “The leaders discussed the situation in Russia. They also affirmed their unfirming support to Ukraine,” a White House statement read.
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