US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday, The recent uprising of the Wagner Group, a paramilitary organization led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, “totally” weakened the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.
Asked whether the media saw the Russian leader as weaker than a week ago, President Biden replied, “I know it is,” according to the US news channel CNN.
“It’s hard to explain but clearly losing war (…) He has become a pariah all over the world. And not only in NATO, not only in the European Union, but also in Japan.”
Although Biden tried to be more cautious in his initial statements after the gang uprising last weekend and limited himself to distracting the United States and the West from what happened, he has already made up his mind about the implications of the rebellion. He had to assume the Russian leadership.
The insurgency of the Prigozhin-led Wagner Group began late Friday when the Russian city of Rostov, the headquarters of the Army’s southern command, was captured with the intent to go to Moscow to seek clarification from the Defense Ministry. It is alleged that he killed his men in the bomb attack.
In full conflict with the Kremlin and several hundred kilometers from Moscow, the convoy returned on Saturday afternoon thanks to the mediation of Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko with a deal to stop the rebellion. Deport Amnesty mercenaries and Prigozhin in Belarus.