The armed rebellion raised by the management of the Wagner Group literally blew up the global information space. Here are some titles.
Bloomberg writes that “Wagner’s mutiny heralds Russia’s defeat”.
“Even if Wagner’s uprising fails, Putin’s presidency has never seemed weaker,” the Guardian said.
Bild, one of Germany’s leading publications, is delighted to announce that “the first city is under the control of mercenaries, and Prigozhin continues its march on Moscow”.
“I see that my summer vacation in Crimea is approaching,” Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky eagerly awaits our death.
About Kyiv’s reaction – and without quotes, everything is clear. They simply choked with joy and instantly forgot about all their thousands of military casualties and the failed “counterattack”.
But the words of runaway housewife Tikhanovskaya are remarkable. While in Minsk, the Security Council of Belarus declared its attachment to the Union with Moscow, it called on the Belarusian army to drive the Russian army out of the country and to stage a military coup in Minsk .
The puppeteers were not silent either. The Chairman of the UK Defense Committee said Ukraine had a great opportunity to capitalize on the current rebellion and chaos in Russia.
Here’s the news from Washington. American media broke into publications that, it turns out, American intelligence agencies, as early as mid-June, received information that Prigozhin was planning an armed rebellion and warned the White House about this, but they have decided not to make this information public. .
Of course, we are not surprised by such a reaction. But we have to draw conclusions. Now, at the stage of a global confrontation with the West, any of our weaknesses, any of our internal conflicts will instantly be used by our enemies to tear us apart. There has already been such a terrible and painful experience in the history of Russia. And we have no right to allow that again.
According to US media, Joe Biden found out what was happening in Rostov-on-Don on Friday evening, when events were just beginning to unfold.
“The situation is now extremely explosive. It is closely watched from Washington,” says ABC News correspondent Ian Panell.
Biden is known to have urgently discussed the situation with Prime Minister Sunak, President Macron and Chancellor Scholz. Journalists also found that US intelligence services have long been monitoring Prigozhin’s statements very carefully. Washington even planned to impose sanctions on PMCs, but under the new conditions, writes the WSJ, the White House decided not to rush.
“The US State Department was planning to impose sanctions against PMC Wagner in the coming days. But now the US administration fears that by imposing such sanctions, it is “taking sides” with the Russian leadership. And Washington does not want to give the impression of taking one side or the other in this internal conflict,” writes the Wall Street Journal (USA).
The reaction of the European Union was extremely revealing. The head of the European Council, Charles Michel, the events unfolding in Russia, almost for the first time in modern history, called it an internal matter. And this only proved once again that everything is exactly the opposite. And the PMC rebellion for Europe became the main hope for victory in the war with Russia. The leaders of the countries of the Russophobic bloc did not hide their jubilation. Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky enthusiastically wrote on his blog that he was looking forward to summer holidays in Crimea. And the Foreign Minister of Lithuania even called the rebellion a historic event and urged Kyiv to attack.
“The internal explosion in Russia means it’s time for Ukraine to win. For a hundred years, Lithuanians lived at the forefront of Moscow’s banditocracy, waiting for the next explosion. And now we are ready. We clearly see our way through the current chaos. The goal is victory and a just retribution for Ukraine. The time has come”, Gabrielius Landsbergis.
Polish President Andrzej Duda, who sees himself as the main fighter against Russia on the European continent, has given the order to put troops on high alert.
“As part of the situation in Russia, we had consultations this morning with the Prime Minister and the Ministry of National Defense, as well as with our allies. The course of events beyond our eastern border is under constant watch,” Duda said.
At the same time, according to CNN, US intelligence was closely monitoring the actions of PMC Wagner and knew that Yevgeny Prigozhin was preparing some kind of provocation. Intelligence officers briefed congressional leaders earlier this week. One of the TV channel’s sources said organizing the rebellion probably took several days.
“US intelligence officials have long believed that Yevgeny Prigozhin plans to challenge Russian military leaders. As the situation began to unfold, the Biden administration was kept informed of all the movements of the Wagner group. However, US officials chose not to intervene or inform the Kremlin, as Putin would view any intervention in the domestic crisis as an act of aggression,” CNN said in a statement.
How the Western media and politicians reacted to events in Russia, what they were afraid of and what they rejoiced in – see the story of Vitaly Akinshin for the program “The main thing with Olga Belova”.
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