Russia coup: Blinken says ‘cracks’ have emerged in Russia after Wagner rebellion
Jack Birle
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that the brief revolt by the private mercenary group, the Wagner Group, earlier this weekend has shown “cracks” in Russia that were not previously there.
Blinken said that the U.S. does not have the full details on the brief rebellion against the Russian military but said he suspects it is “a moving picture,” while speaking on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday.
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“We don’t have full information obviously and it is too soon to tell exactly where this is going to go. And I suspect that this is a moving picture and we haven’t seen the last act yet. But we could say this. First of all, what we’ve seen is extraordinary. And I think you’ve seen cracks emerge that weren’t there before,” Blinken said
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The Secretary of State also said that he is unaware of any military officials in Russia being removed from power as part of negotiations which caused the Wagner Group to end its brief rebellion on Saturday.
Blinken would not say if the brief rebellion is the “beginning of the end” of Russian President Vladimir Putin, when asked, but did call Russia’s actions in the war in Ukraine a “strategic failure” on multiple fronts.