welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in russia, where there are questions about the damage to vladimir putin s presidency from saturday s short lived rebellion by a group of mercenary soldiers known as the wagner group. the us secretary of state antony blinken says the attempted mutiny shows real cracks in mr putin s authority. the president hasn t been seen since saturday, nor has the wagner group leader yevgeny prigozhin, who s promised to leave russia and move to belarus. our russia editor steve rosenberg has the latest. leaving as heroes. the wagnerfighters pulling out of rostov last night. you think theyjust won a war? you think theyjust won a war. the leader of the mercenary group, yevgeny prigozhin, was off to. he d just done a deal with the kremlin to end their mutiny. the rebellion started here, then spread north. it was the biggest challenge to vladimir putin s authority since he came to power. vladimir vladimirovi
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that they don t believe they have the power to change what is happening in their country. to make their voices heard. to turn things around. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. let s hear some of what america s top diplomat antony blinken had to say about the weekend s developments in russia, in a us media interview: this is clearly, we see cracks emerge in. where they go, if anywhere, when they get there, very hard to say, i don t want to speculate on it, but i don t think we see the final act. i m joined now by katarzyna zysk, professor of international relations at the norwegian institute for defence studies. thank you forjoining us on the programme. thank you for “oining us on the programme. thank you for “oining us on the rouramme. ., ~ i. ., ., programme. thank you for having me. where does programme. thank you for having me. where does vladimir programme. thank you for having me. where does vladimir putin programme. thank you for having me. where does vladimir putin go