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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lucy Skoulding

Putin’s power ‘ebbing away’ as Russian president disappears after Wagner rebellion

AP

An attempted uprising by mercenaries has revealed cracks in Vladimir Putin’s authority, according to the US secretary of state. Anthony Blinken said the revolt was a “direct challenge of Putin’s authority”.

The mutiny by the Wagner Group, which saw its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin order his troops to march on Moscow, left the Russian president hiding from public view on Sunday after being forced into an amnesty deal.

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