Despite Yevgeny Prigozhin's decision to call off Wagner Group's march on Moscow to "avoid bloodshed" on Saturday recent events have left President Vladimir Putin "weakened", according to a Russia expert.
A deal was struck to bring an end to the mercenary group's uprising after it had claimed to have seized control of Rostov-on-Don in the south of the country.
Now, Dr Patricia Lewis, director of the International Security Programme at the Chatham House think tank believes the Kremlin agreed to sack defence minister Sergei Shoigu as part of an arrangement.
