CIA Director Bill Burns testifies during his Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on February 24, 2021. According to Burns, Putin is simply "trying to buy time" to determine whether and how to act against Prigozhin, to avoid being seen to overreact. “What we’re seeing is a very complicated dance between Prigozhin and Putin. On the morning that Prigozhin launched his insurrection, he released a video directly criticizing Putin’s rationale for invading Ukraine. He said the Telegram video got 2.5 million views in the first week.

Source: Ethiopian News July 22, 2023 10:29 UTC