After Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner mercenary group, ordered and then called off his forces to march on Moscow, RFE/RL's Georgian Service spoke to Konstantin Eggert, an independent journalist and political analyst, about how this has significantly weakened Putin's grip on power.
Russian authorities have called for the arrest of Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin amid claims of mutiny. Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces said they were "watching" the situation unfold.
the reuters news agency has reported that ukraine s defence minister has held talks with his us counterpart over the events in russia and quoted the minister as saying that russian authorities a week and things are moving in the right direction. live now to konstantin eggert, former editor in chief of the bbc russian language service, who joins me from vilnius. what impact have the events had on president putin s power and authority across the country, do you think? ., ., ., , ., think? notionally, none. in fact, he is weakened think? notionally, none. in fact, he is weakened by think? notionally, none. in fact, he is weakened by his think? notionally, none. in fact, he is weakened by his dithering, - think? notionally, none. in fact, he is weakened by his dithering, by - think? notionally, none. in fact, he is weakened by his dithering, by a l is weakened by his dithering, by a very strange rambling speech. in the morning, he said, this is mutiny and everybody responsible for th
in control the russian authorities are of the situation here. instability russians can feel it. the rebel wagnerfighters may not have made it to moscow, but people here were watching nervously and waiting. i m a mother with three children, anna tells me. of course i m terrified by what has happened. we were scared these events would spread to moscow, nastya says. there s nothing ordinary citizens can do to influence the situation. there s nothing ordinary citizens can do to influence the situation. it s decided above our heads. many russians tell me 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 reporting there. konstantin eggert is the former editor in chief of the bbc russian language service. i asked him what impact he thought the rebellion would have
Russian President Vladimir Putin has responded to the Wagner Group and its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in a speech to the nation. He said the actions of the rebels was a "betrayal" that will be punished. DW has the latest.