Russia sought to restore calm after an aborted mutiny by Wagner Group mercenaries over the weekend, while Western allies assessed how President Vladimir Putin might reassert authority and what it could mean for the war in Ukraine
"We've seen more cracks emerge in the Russian facade," Blinken told NBC's "Meet the Press" programme on Sunday.
The response from China was characteristically measured. It vouched support for Russia's efforts to maintain national stability, referring to the tension as Russia's "internal affairs". "The world must put pressure on Russia until international order is restored," Zelenskiy said on Twitter. "The myth of the unity of Putin's Russia is over ... It's the inevitable outcome when you support and finance a legion of mercenaries," Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani was quoted as saying by Italian newspaper Il Messaggero.said a criminal case against Prigozhin for armed mutiny would be dropped, Prigozhin would move to Belarus, and Wagner fighters who rallied to his cause would face no action, in recognition of their previous service to Russia.
This month, Prigozhin defied orders to place his troops under Defence Ministry command. He launched the rebellion on Friday after alleging the military had killed some of his men in an air strike. The Defence Ministry denied this.from an interview aired by Russian state television on Sunday that appeared to have been recorded before the mutiny, Putin said he was giving top priority to the conflict in Ukraine.
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