Kremlin releases first video statement by Putin since Wagner mutiny
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[June 26, 2023]
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday
issued via the Kremlin website his first statement since an armed mutiny
by the Wagner mercenary group, congratulating participants of an
industrial forum.
It was not immediately clear when or where Putin's statement was
recorded. |
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Russian President Vladimir Putin gives an
emergency televised address in Moscow, Russia, June 24, 2023. Sputnik/Gavriil
Grigorov/Kremlin via REUTERS/File photo |
Putin made a national address to the Russian people on Saturday
condemning the mutiny by Wagner mercenaries as a "stab in the
back" and vowing to crush it.
He has not commented publicly on the subsequent deal, announced
late on Saturday, that appeard to defuse the crisis and avert
possible bloodshed by allowing the Wagner fighters to return to
base and their leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, to move to Belarus.
(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Andrew Osborn and Gareth
Jones)
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