2023-07-05 16:34:06
“Half of Russia supported Prigozhin. The other half supported Putin.” So in an interview with CNN the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, underlining that 50% of Russia supported the mutiny of the Wagner Group, which then returned within a short time.
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“Some Russian regions meanwhile were in the balance without knowing for sure who to support,” added Zelensky, according to whom what happened indicates that “half of the Russian population has serious doubts” about Putin.
Putin will now try to “consolidate” his power once the crisis opened by the mutiny of the Wagner Group, which arrived a few hundred kilometers from Moscow, has been resolved, Zelensky added.
“He will do everything to break and undo the fame of the Wagner Group and everything he was doing. He will distance himself from everything and communicate widely to unify society,” he said again referring to Putin.
“After all these events, where has Putin gone? – added the Ukrainian leader – He rarely goes out on the street. We see him in his offices, but we never see him around.”
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