Published at 6:45 pm, June 25, 2023Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that the brief and chaotic insurrection in Russia led by the Wagner paramilitary group shows “cracks” in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s role as a leader of the country. “This is just an added chapter to a very, very bad book that Putin has written for Russia. Prigozhin on Friday openly accused Russia’s military of attacking a Wagner camp and killing a “huge amount” of his men. Compounding that surprise was the swiftness of the deal that was struck to cease the insurrection. “We assessed it was going to be a great deal more violent and bloody,” the official told CNN.

Source: The Nation June 26, 2023 07:11 UTC