Rebellion in Russia reveals ‘cracks’ in Putin’s regime, Secretary Blinken says

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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin delivers a video address, on June 24, 2023, as Wagner fighters stage rebellion.Gavriil Grigorov | AFP | Getty ImagesU.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said much remains unknown about the chaos that unfolded in Russia on Saturday, but that the internal clash exposed “cracks” in the nation that “weren’t there before.”Russian President Vladimir Putin faced a violent, attempted insurrection Saturday by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a longtime Putin ally who led private mercenary fighters called the Wagner Group. But less than 24 hours after Wagner mercenaries seemingly took control of the strategic southern city of Rostov and began an armed convoy march towards Moscow, Prigozhin abruptly announced the armed rebellion was over.In exchange for turning back, the criminal case against Prigozhin was dropped, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian reporters, according to the state-controlled outlet TASS. Prigozhin himself “will go to Belarus,” Peskov said, describing what appeared to be a sort of official exile.Prigozhin has played a c …

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